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Judging by how long this project has taken, I think the beach recliners were for the construction workers.And the beach recliners? Shouldn't a park have infrastructure that encourage people to socialize? Picnic tables or something similar seems like a much better choice than 5 people lying there sunbathing.
City parks and plazas are not hard to design, we've only been building them for hundreds of years. Somehow this design got through multiple levels of approval, how this was even presented as a concept I have no idea, it is too clever and not practical at all. I hold out hope for the riverwalk west... but my hope is fading.And the beach recliners? Shouldn't a park have infrastructure that encourage people to socialize? Picnic tables or something similar seems like a much better choice than 5 people lying there sunbathing.
Having now seen this close-up this design again fails to recognize what actually is going on here. The path immediately adjacent to the beach is one of the busiest cycle paths in the city and the design forces bikes to make an unnecessary weave around the point circled below. The desire line for me (and probably most cyclists) would be the dashed lineCity parks and plazas are not hard to design, we've only been building them for hundreds of years. Somehow this design got through multiple levels of approval, how this was even presented as a concept I have no idea, it is too clever and not practical at all. I hold out hope for the riverwalk west... but my hope is fading.
Agreed - it's an awkward pinch-point.Having now seen this close-up this design again fails to recognize what actually is going on here. The path immediately adjacent to the beach is one of the busiest cycle paths in the city and the design forces bikes to make an unnecessary weave around the point circled below. The desire line for me (and probably most cyclists) would be the dashed line
I wonder how long until someone misses the turn and catches their wheel in the drop off to the sand...
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100% Agree.Having now seen this close-up this design again fails to recognize what actually is going on here. The path immediately adjacent to the beach is one of the busiest cycle paths in the city and the design forces bikes to make an unnecessary weave around the point circled below. The desire line for me (and probably most cyclists) would be the dashed line
I've also wondered that myself. As someone who uses these paths a fair bit, I'd rather see the separate cycling paths kept straightforward and simple. For example the 12th ave cycle track as opposed to the 11th street cycle track. I love the straightforward transportation friendly way the 12th ave track is done. For 11th street, I don't like how it weaves from side to side.I ride this path a few times a week and I'd guess the intent is a traffic calming measure to slow cyclists down. It's been a little dangerous with the construction walls up for the last couple of years because it's been so blind. It will a least be improving now that you can mostly see around that corner. The potential for a cyclist to hit that sand is definitely there though.
Oh I agree, I'd much rather a straight path like you get on the west side of town along Bow Trail. The way it zig zags through the Eau Claire area, and with all of the low tree cover, makes it dangerous if you have people passing each other on blind corners. Still one of my favourite sections on my commute though.I've also wondered that myself. As someone who uses these paths a fair bit, I'd rather see the separate cycling paths kept straightforward and simple. For example the 12th ave cycle track as opposed to the 11th street cycle track. I love the straightforward transportation friendly way the 12th ave track is done. For 11th street, I don't like how it weaves from side to side.
It's the bicycle equivalent of randomly removed all road line paint and randomly change the amount of lanes down on Deerfoot and Crowchild from 5 lanes wide to 2 and back again in a 100m stretch. And not just a random spot, probably the single highest traffic spot in the whole citywide network.I've also wondered that myself. As someone who uses these paths a fair bit, I'd rather see the separate cycling paths kept straightforward and simple. For example the 12th ave cycle track as opposed to the 11th street cycle track. I love the straightforward transportation friendly way the 12th ave track is done. For 11th street, I don't like how it weaves from side to side.
I've always wished that we had a cycle track on 6th ave and another on 3rd ave. 6th especially would be nice as it goes all the way through downtown at both ends, and cuts through EV toward Inglewood.I definitely think it's a traffic calming measure as well since that pathway is so busy and cyclists can easily go 30-40km/h in a straight line. I regularly hit 40 on the 12 Ave cycle track, that is the #1 way to cross the beltline. Downtown needs a similar cycle track.
