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Illo plans to upgrade 1lhttttrlltto crosswalk, says regional stall Continued fiom page I Waterloo and others to access. the campus from University Avenue, and Kayser said he's seen far too many close calls, "I've seen it far too many times. and have become extremely uncomfortable with what I'm seeing." said Kayser. "We have to make somebody aware of it to do something about it." The latest happened just last week as he watched a car drive through the red lights and stop just short of a hitting a bicyclist crossing the street. The car came within centimetres of knocking the cyclist over, illuminating him with his headlights before proceed- ing through the red light. "The sports car just man- aged to stop." said Kayser. "He let the bike across and just carried on. 7 "He seemed totally ohliv~ ions that there was a red light." - - Kayser, who has a health and safety background. said part of the problem of the pedestrian crossing is the markings which point out the trail, the train tracks, along with traffic lights and rail warning lights. He thinks that could lead to a lot of confusion for motorists. "With the lights mixed all into each other... I have a feeling the crossing lights get lost in the mix of lights as you approach that cross- ing," said Kayser. "Especially in the dark." II gets (won worse when " gun dark and the traffic vr0mes pick up There is a greater chance IhaI mint thing will gel missed herauw ul thc outilictirtg signage. and the difficulty in spotting, pvdvsrriims. he said. (Petals G Pots Mc. 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Pedestrians also have to take some of the respunsr bility, dodging trutfic instead of waiting " the proper sig- nailing Even when they do cross properly. they're not paying much attention to their surroundings and are potentially putting them- selves in harm's way: "They're just as ill behaved," said Kayser. "I see many people walk across who dont even look to see if anything is coming-" One of the biggest prob- lem intersections is the Uni- versity Avenue and Phillip Street intersection just up the road. Nancy Button, the region's supervisor of traffic engineering. said there was a total of five accidents involving pedestrians at the intersection. Kayser contacted region- al traffic officials and uni- versity officials with his con- cems to see if a little aware- ness and better signage could work, as it has on other intersections in Water- loo. "lust up the road at Phillip is one of our worst locations for pedestrian cul- lisinns." said Button The region has already installed a ladder crossing at University Avenue and Sea- gram Drive to deal with a similar problem, painting, vertical (ines along the (Tossing to better highlight In: drivers. [hut mow has alrvmly \l'l'll a murkrd tlm'rrmt- in thy numlwr of pmhwlriun arridvnh. Waterloo 65 Umversw AM‘ f Cl” 815-2180 "He (driver) seemed totally oblivious that there was a red light. " -- Hartmul Kayser concerned citizen Flower f GA? Shad and up So the regiun's traffic department is planning a similar 1neasure for Philip Street and University Avenue when the region is finished expanding west University Avenue. The money's already in the bud- get. "We've done some before and after pedestrian conflict studies." said Button. "Before when it was a regu- lar pedestrian crosswalk there were about two pedes- trian conflicts per 100 pedestrians. "The after study, which was just completed a couple of weeks ago with the ladder striping. we found that there were two pedestrian con- flicts per 1.000 pedestrians. So the new crosswalks seem to help by a factor of 10." As for the Trans-Canada trail. Button said all the region's traffic data shows there have been no inci- dents in that area in the last five years. She said they'll keep an eye on it but there are no plans to upgrade that crosswalk. "We actually discussed this crosswalk and asked if we should put one there," said Button. "The answer was no because these ladder strippings aren't to be used everywhere. "They're to be used spar- ingly where we really need it, and at the T rans-Canada trail there has never been a pedestrian collision in the last ftve years." 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