Category Archives: Active Transport

Raised crosswalks

There are many things engineers and designers can do to make our roads safer. They can narrow the roads down like at the Kellys Brook trail crossing on Newtown Road. They can add in curb extensions like at Cavendish Square and all over Water Street. They can make roads one way like all throughout downtownContinueContinue reading “Raised crosswalks”

Commuter data – who doesn’t drive a car?

St. John’s: One of the most car friendly city in Canada. That might not be true according to many articles you’ll find on the internet, but the statistics are there. People here LOVE their cars and just can’t get enough of them. Below are some of the statistics for St. John’s and its peer metroContinueContinue reading “Commuter data – who doesn’t drive a car?”

Traffic calming – Modal filters?

What is a modal filter? It is a structure that filters out different types of transport methods. There are many examples. Diagonal traffic diverts on 4 way intersections prevent vehicle through traffic. A bollard in the middle of a bike trail prevents large SUV’s from getting in the trail. A chicane gate may prevent largeContinueContinue reading “Traffic calming – Modal filters?”

Metrobus Transit hubs

Once you start reading about transit systems all across Canada, you start to see a pattern. Big cities have transit hubs. Halifax has a half dozen, York spent tens of millions on a really shitty one, Calgary has many, Toronto has so many I can’t even count and so on. We ‘sort of’ have hubs,ContinueContinue reading “Metrobus Transit hubs”

The City of St. John’s cycling plan – What next?

Red: paved protected shared use paths (SUP). Yellow: painted cycle lane gutters. Grey: gravel SUP. Pink: Under construction or engineered SUP’s That is it. That is all that is currently existing, approved, engineered and/or under construction for shared-use and dedicated cycling paths as of the posting of this… post. We actually don’t have a singleContinueContinue reading “The City of St. John’s cycling plan – What next?”