July 29, 2016

Evidence: Third Stage of Cycling Infrastructure – 2

The third stage of cycling infrastructure includes the build-out of a network of separated routes without a lot of controversy (other stages here).  There’s more evidence on Burrard Street south of the bridge:
Burrard
This separated extension south of First Avenue, heading up to the Arbutus greenway, came as a surprise to a lot of well-informed advocates in the cycling community.
The opportunity arose with the renovation of Burrard Street.  So, rather than just a painted line, the City spent a bit more to make this a safer and clearer link between two of the major components of cycling infrastructure in Vancouver.
It’s also a demonstration of how a separated route can be built along a retail street.

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    1. I don’t see any contradiction here at all. The idea that cycling and driving are opposites (or even rivals) is a recent North American invention. They’re both modes of transportation.
      Anecdote: At Canadian Tire the bike accessories are in an entirely different area than the car accessories. At Yoko Ya Ya, the Japanese dollar store, the bike accessories and car accessories are mixed together. The Japanese see them as being in the same category.

  1. I love this new lane. I rode it just the other day. It’s a good opportunity to redesign a road when it’s getting repaved anyway. I haven’t heard of any complaints about it either.
    So now people are able to bike across the Burrard Bridge to the Arbutus Greenway. I don’t know how far they’re going to take this new bike lane. Hopefully to at least 7th and 10th as those are bike routes that cross Burrard.

    1. There simply isn’t any space for a bike lane south of Broadway without expropriating properties or narrowing Burrard to just 2 traffic lanes. There will be conflict with right turns at 4th, but I expect to see the lane go up the hill as far as 7th.
      The stretch of Burrard from 1st to 3rd is distinctly suburban in character: car dealerships (albeit high end), gas stations and businesses set back from the street with a parking lot out front. It’s an odd thing to see on the edge of a very urban, ped/cycle/transit focused neighbourhood.

      1. I know. I even think it’s odd for car dealerships to be on Terminal. They seem out of place in a city.
        But whatever.

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