06-08-2022, 04:47 PM
(06-08-2022, 11:31 AM)bravado Wrote: I was doing the 2022 pedal poll on the Cambridge to Paris rail trail today and somebody pointed out this incredible sign about the width of the trail. Such accuracy!
I’d be more impressed if we made the same decision about trails that we made about residential streets many years ago: they’re all built to a sufficient standard so that nobody feels a need to specifically advertise the features of each. Imagine if every residential street had a sign giving the exact width, explicitly stating that it’s paved, and details of grade.
All the trails should be paved, and should all be at least 3m wide with certain fairly flat maximum grades. In those rare places where the trail has to be narrower or steeper due to local conditions, that should be called out on signage. The expense of doing this would obviously be trivial compared to the money spent on roads, and could probably be paid for by slightly trimming the standard width of residential streets.