2017 Summer: Record cycling on five major routes

This just in from the City of Vancouver:
2017 summer sees record cycling volumes on five major bike routes across Vancouver
This July and August, Vancouver saw record cycling volumes on five of the city’s 10 fully protected bike routes, including at Science World, Union and Hawkes, Hornby and Robson, Lions Gate, and Canada Line. …
Over the past year, several improvements have been made to create more opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to choose to cycle to get around the city for transportation and recreation.

Upgrades and additions to the downtown bike network;
Improvements at Quebec Street and 1^st Avenue;
Improved cycling route along SW Marine Drive (Granville to University Endowment Lands);
Improvements along the Adanac Bikeway;
The addition of the Arbutus Greenway temporary path;
The completion of the Seaside Greenway link between Volunteer Park and Jericho Beach;
Additional separation between people walking and cycling on the False Creek Seawall.

Of priority cycling routes identified in the Transportation 2040, the City has now completed Comox/Helmken Greenway, Point Grey-Cornwall section of the Seaside Greenway, spot improvements to the Union/Adanac Bikeway, and safety improvements to SW Marine Drive.

Record cycling volumes by location in comparison to previous record years:

Bike Route	Previous Record (Years vary)	Current Year (2017)
Record Breaking in 2017
Science World	204,000 in August 2016	227,000 in July *
Adanac Bikeway (at Hawks)	115,000 in June 2015	120,000 in July
Hornby Bikeway (at Robson)	75,000 in August 2016	80,000 in July
Lions Gate Bridge	70,000 in June 2015	71,000 in July
Canada Line Pedestrian and Bike Bridge	28,000 in June 2015	29,000 in July
Other Major Routes and highest volume month in 2017
Burrard and Cornwall	195,000 in July 2014	190,000 in August
Dunsmuir Street (Union and Main)	69,000 in August 2016	66,000 in August
Dunsmuir Viaduct	76,000 in June 2015	73,000 in July
10^th Ave and Clark	82,000 in June 2015	70,000 in July
Point Grey Road at Volunteer Park	102,000 in July 2015	99,000 in July

*Data is not available for August 2017 due to technical difficulties with counter equipment.

Despite extensive construction work on Burrard Bridge and Point Grey Road over the last year, cycling volumes along those routes have remained high.
The highest record breaker in the summer of 2017 was the Science World location.
The bike counter at Science World was installed in March 2013 when the first bike count of 53,000 was recorded. Only four years later, bike counts at Science World have increased more than four times that amount. The highest monthly bike volume that has been recorded to date is 204,000, which was reached at Science World last August 2016. This Science World record was broken this July reaching 227,000.
The City has been collecting data on protected bike routes since 2009. Data is reported out monthly and can be viewed online. The data includes monthly two-way totals rounded to the nearest thousand, and shows mid-week averages on 10 protected bike routes.