Mastodawn

Ah, man...

Improvements to bus routes on Whyte Ave are being implemented in such a way that they're going to eliminate the "scramble" crosswalks (light-controlled crosswalks where all pedestrians in all directions walk at the same time, meaning walking diagonally is allowed).

(In order to keep moving the buses express, they don't want them ever waiting for a cross-traffic cycle plus an extended pedestrian cycle. They are adding sidewalk bump-outs & turn restrictions to help with the safety issues about drivers turning into the crosswalks.)

https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/roads/transit-priority-measures
https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/transit-priority-measures-whyte-ave.pdf

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Edit: I originally referenced "bus lanes" on Whyte Ave, but the current plan doesn't include proper bus lanes. The buses will travel in the middle lane, mixed with cars, and stops will be at sidewalk bump-outs into the parking/patio lane so that the bus doesn't have to pull over. (There's still future plans for an express route, though?)

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Meg 3d ago

@AmeliasBrain @HyL so... I think I'm in the minority here but i... Kinda don't like the way scramble walks are implemented on whyte or Jasper anyways. It's good if you actually need to go diagonally, but you have to wait *so long* on average to cross, no matter which way you're going, because no crossing is possible for two whole long car through cycles.

So a lot of the time when I'm trying to get somewhere on whyte I end up wishing it was a normal crosswalk.