{"id":1807,"date":"2007-04-23T09:04:44","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T13:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2007-04-23T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2007-04-23T17:43:51","slug":"how-to-cross-railway-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/23\/how-to-cross-railway-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cross railway tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pedestrian activist Roger Brook wrote an interesting article in NOW<\/em> magazine a couple of weeks ago about pedestrian crossings over railway tracks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Railways can really cut up neighbourhoods, and they significantly reduce pedestrian access to nearby destinations. I, personally, like the look of many of those high pedestrian overpasses over tracks that dot the city somewhat randomly, but Brook rightly points out that their usefulness is limited, as they are not accessible to anyone who has any kind of limited mobility. As well, they are expensive to build, and it’s not likely the city will build many more.<\/p>\n

He argues, instead, that the city should institute a system of level crossings for pedestrians. He notes that in most locations where people want to get across tracks, there are already informal paths and gaps in fences. And apparently Quebec City has implemented an official pedestrian level crossing, with traffic signals to inform when a train is coming. The experiment has been successful, with no incidents.<\/p>\n

It’s a great idea — it would be fairly cheap to implement, it would be safer than the informal crossings that currently exist, and it would help link the city’s pedestrian (and bike) network together.<\/p>\n

photo by Jerrold Litwinenko<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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