http://www.therecord.com/opinion/columns/article/647412--waterloo-crossroad-a-potential-mess
D - yeah, what he said.
The intersection of Caroline and Erb streets is an odd traffic challenge. You’ve got one-way streets meeting two-way streets meeting a meandering railway track meeting trails.
Today the intersection is at the heart of a resurgent corner, flanked by the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the expanded Knox Presbyterian Church. And guess what’s coming?
Rail transit (a train through the intersection every 7.5 minutes in rush hour by 2017) plus extra traffic from the Barrel Yards condominium development taking shape nearby at Father David Bauer Drive. Up to 1,200 residences are planned.
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On average the intersection sees nine collisions a year. No one is injured in three-quarters of them and all injuries between 2005 and 2010 were minimal or minor. The intersection is not among the region’s 100 most dangerous, possibly because people tend to pay attention in making their way through it.
The unusual traffic mix is evident in reviewing 51 collisions between 2005 and 2010. The tally includes five collisions involving bicycles, three involving pedestrians and one between a train and a car in which no one was hurt.
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D - provide fast (even more costly) bus service in this PRIME high-density area (along with the new condo down the road at Westmount!) and voila. No more cars.
I don't know what it is - likely the trail to the U - but cyclists act like idiots at this corner, blowing thru don't walk stale green lights.
I've nearly creamed a coupla myself.
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