I think the best way to signal the pedestrian nature is to build in a few steps, as is done along Dow's Lake, as well as post signs.
Tom On Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 2:02, Peter McNichol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote re "[CfSC] Re: Today! Ottawa River recreational pathw" saying: > Design > ====== > > The design calls for a new 3.0m path to follow the river between > the road and the river from the Island Park Bridge to the Westboro > beach underpass at Orchard park. Three sections, which had benches > on them, would remain as the older 2.0m path, and the new 3.0m > path would be separate. This way the benches would not actually > be on the main thoughrowfare. The design avoids the need to cross > at the current grade level crossing which would be eliminated. > > The older 2.0m path between the road and the community would be left > as is. This path would also be extended from the current pedestrian > crossing to Island Park. This would then allow for paths on both > sides of the roadway. > > In future years they hope to extend the recreational path along > the river along to connect with Britannia Beach along the river front > and widen current pedestrian only path to a shared use recreational > 3.0m path. > > The notice of the meeting can be found at: > > http://www.ncc.gc.ca/corporate/youropinions/pm_outa_river_e.asp > > Follow the links and you can fill in a form to be keep informed > about future meetings. > > Comments > ======== > > I went to the meeting. I was there between 4:50 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. > > I would like to inform cyclists that there was a high senior citizen > content at the meeting who where very concerned about loosing the > river front pathway to cyclists by having the shared path between the > road and the river. There was a strong suggestion to put the cyclists > on the other side of the road closer to the community and leave the > river path for pedestrians only. > > They were also worried some of the paths that currently are signed as > pedestrian only will loose the designation. This is true even when the > design showed the older pathway remaining, separate from the new pathway. > They indicated they were still worried about and have seen cyclists > travelling on the pedestrian only paths. They felt that some cyclists > would use the older 2.0m path closer to the river rather than the 3.0m > path only a few metres away. > > I know I am speaking to the converted here, but the message from the > senior citizens and the walkers at the meeting was cyclists should > slow down, sound their bell before passing, and pass with care. If > more cyclists did that then the walkers would be a lot happier. ------- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur ----------------- ,__@ Tom A. Trottier +1 613 860-6633 fax:231-6115 _-\_<, 758 Albert St.,Ottawa ON Canada K1R 7V8 (*)/'(*) ICQ:57647974 N45.412 W75.714 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laws are the spider's webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. --Solon, statesman (c.638-c558 BCE) ------ Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
