Mull
Active Member
I am not sure what to think of that. Is there something wrong with it or am I just being critical for the sake of being critical?
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Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths
- Thread starter Cowtown
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lemongrab
Active Member
It's hideous, but I guess it delineates the passenger side door zone, and redoing all of the curbs and driveways would be a silly expense. I wonder if the aesthetics can be mitigated somehow.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
We'll see how they paint it
Mountain Man
Senior Member
That seems to be the model in a lot of new suburbs. Basically a bikelane sidewalk that won't function better than a typical sidewalk. Asphalt should crack less, but will deform when people drive on it to load stuff at a house.
lemongrab
Active Member
They tend to be much wider, which is a pretty massive function upgrade. We could make wider concrete sidewalks but that would be much more expensive.
For a lot of their lifespan, asphalt is smoother, which is really noticeable pushing a stroller or grocery cart or riding a bike. 15 years in asphalt will probably be a bit bumpier, but concrete isn't immune to big cracks/heaves.
The black colour is probably a benefit in how it encourages melting (of course there's also heat island effect, but MUPs are incredibly minor compared to road lanes). I imagine it would be less annoying to shovel as you'd never get jammed in a drainage channel.
It's also more forgiving on human joints. I hate running on concrete, but I think it would even apply to walking/standing.
lemongrab
Active Member
Has anyone been down to Weaslehead in the last few days before this snow? Curious how far the melt progressed (or if they ever plowed it)?
I posted this on Feb 3:
I posted this on Feb 3:
So we could have had about 2 weeks of bare pavement and then probably shaved another week or two off the final spring melt by starting this snowfall from a bare baseline
potatopizzafan
Active Member
I did the loop on the 14th and the weaselhead section was super icy. The small hill on the far west point was impassible even with studs, but that was the only part I had to walk.
Basically from the pedestrian bridge to that hill was a sheet of ice with a few bare sections