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There's no logical pathway for pedestrians. Depot St, Lake St, a spur of the waterfront path, and the train tracks all meet here. The train and cars have clearly delineated and relatively straight paths through. Pedestrians and bikes, who I would guess are the majority of users of this intersection, are left to invent a way to get where they want to go. I wonder how this was missed when this area was worked on a few years ago, but pedestrian and bikes passing all different directions should be considered and changes made to accommodate that. The most obvious change would be to add a sidewalk and pedestrian track crossing on the left of this photo so people can walk from Depot St and the housing around to the skate park and path north without crossing Lake St. I often bike north through here, from the park and up Depot St and find this crossing difficult because I can't see well to the South on Lake St, and cars going north often cut this corner very tight, making it hard to make a right onto Lake St before making a left onto Depot
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Acknowledged DPW Pine Customer Service (Verified Official)
maple creemee (Registered User)
Janet Dufresne (Registered User)
Janet Dufresne (Registered User)
That Guy (Registered User)
It is sort of mind boggling that after all the time and money spent on this area that there are zero pedestrian facilities connecting the waterfront to Depot or Lake St.
The well worn path in the grass definitely points to a need for at least a sidewalk.
On bike, depending on which direction you're coming from, I usually find it ok just to ride with traffic in the general purpose lane, either to or from the Waterfront to Lake or Depot.
Burlington, VT Neighbor (Registered User)
DPW Planning NL (Verified Official)
We are pleased to share that DPW was just awarded a Transportation Alternatives Grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation to fill this gap in the sidewalk / path network.
We will keep this request thread updated and can share more about this project once it gets underway with VTrans.
Damon Lane (Registered User)
Burlington, VT (Verified Official)