I'm not sure if I'm reading the diagrams correctly, but it looks like there are protected parking curbs along 2nd on both sides.
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Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths
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CBBarnett
Active Member
The real dumb thing is another win for the traffic engineer proposing a full intersection at 2nd & 13th. All this will do is slow pedestrians (those who are silly enough to not jaywalk on a low-traffic road). Exact opposite of the treatment that a non-main street, primary pedestrian corridor, high-density neighbourhood intersection should have.
Other recent dumb things in city centre roads construction:
- MacLeod Trail triple right-turn lane onto 5th Ave, removal of crosswalk.
- Removal of pedestrian blinker cross for fully controlled intersection at 4th Street & 8th Avenue SE to slow pedestrians crossing to the new, parking-free library
Chinook Arch
Active Member
I don't mind the plan for second. They are still going with the protected bike lanes, but having them on both sides of 2nd which is nice. I prefer that to having both directions of bike lanes on one side of the street.
New plans for 9th ave cycling improvements:
9 Ave S.E. route improvements (15 St to 20 St S.E.)
www.calgary.ca
The City of Calgary -
The project will be delayed until spring due to our September snowfall.
BrandedBlue
New Member
My main concern is the bike lane widths. BC's Active Transportation Design Guide calls for a "constrained limit" of 1.8m and an "absolute minimum width" of 1.5m for uni-directional protected lanes. Most of the proposed 2nd St. lanes are 1.25m width. They could've at least reduced the travel lanes to 3.0m to give some extra width. On the west side where vehicles will be parking next to the barrier curb there is still going to be a risk of "dooring".
The 1.25m width is pretty slim. 'Dooring' is an issue even with wider lanes, so 1.25m could definitely be an issue. Given how slow the traffic is and how little traffic there is on that road 3m width for cars would have been fine.
samboD
New Member
I was at the 24th av nw Banff Trail open house yesterday. Cycle path probably being built on 24th av nw next year.
Golfing guy
Active Member
Not sure what you talking about when it comes to the triple right turn on Macleod? Traffic flows so much better now. There are still crosswalks in all four sides. The only thing that has changed is that the right turn traffic goes before the pedestrian traffic. Please explain what you don’t like about it?
CBBarnett
Active Member
There is no cross walk on the east side anymore as a result of 3 turns being installed.
Golfing guy
Active Member
Unless it disappeared this week. It was there last week
MichaelS
Senior Member
The cross walk was there yesterday as well. It has been maintained. One slight disadvantage to pedestrians would be a longer wait time, to permit the advanced right turn phase of the signal.
CBBarnett
Active Member
Ah ok thanks for clarifying - it wasn't there when I went through a few times over the past month. Must have between between the signal opening and the painting of the crosswalk back. Long phase advanced greens can also be an issue but at least the requirement to cross 3 roads isn't introduced.
East Village and 12 Avenue projects make up bulk of work in downtown core
Sean Chu's response.
Sean Chu's response.
From @brettbergie on Twitter
Golfing guy
Active Member
Why is Chu even on council. Just comes out like an idiot
BrandedBlue
New Member
Looks like the remainder of the 12 Ave SW cycle track through Sunalta is going ahead next spring. Final design info session is on Dec. 11.
engage.calgary.ca
It will be interesting to see how many cyclists from the NW decide to use this route into the Beltline instead of going through Downtown.
12 Avenue South Improvements
We're making changes to 12 Avenue South to make travelling better for all modes of transportation.
engage.calgary.ca
It will be interesting to see how many cyclists from the NW decide to use this route into the Beltline instead of going through Downtown.