CollingwoodToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via our website. Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter was sent in response to a proposed redesign for Sixth Street's bike lanes and sidewalk.
I feel there will be pedestrian safety concerns for the proposed change for Sixth St. between High and Hurontario Streets.
While I can see the logic to the separation, the risk will be to anyone living on the south side.
Logic says everyone should cross at an intersection, but many people won’t. Whether it’s due to distance or weather or any other reason, people will have traffic and bicycle lanes to cross.
I think there should still be a sidewalk on the south side.
I don’t think there needs to be a huge separation between bicycles and pedestrians. And it would allow the more logical crossing at an intersection.
Not all intersections are four-way stops so there’s still a significant distance for pedestrians to plan their crossings depending where they enter the street and winter complications for pedestrians and cyclists.
With all this extra traffic space and separation and lack of additional and allowed parking, I hope anyone on the street has sufficient room for cars in driveways, especially with winter snow.
Susan Peters
Collingwood, Ont.
