TransLink has some good news for multimodal travelers in Metro Vancouver about the Metrotown station.
Exciting news for our multi-modal commuters—bikes are now allowed at Metrotown Station! {Ed: plus a new bike parkade coming soon].
Recently, the rebuilt east stationhouse at Metrotown Station opened with four new escalators, further improving passenger flow and access at the station. With all three stationhouses now open (west opened in July 2017 and centre opened in March 2017), we have more capacity than ever before at the station!
As a reminder, customers with bikes will need to enter and exit through the centre stationhouse where elevators are available for use. The east and west stationhouses have escalators only and bikes are not permitted due to safety concerns. Please be mindful of the bicycle restrictions in place that affect when and how many bikes are allowed on SkyTrain during varying times of day.
The reason we can do this is because of the hard work of some volunteers at HUB (the VACC at the time), who pushed TransLink to allow bikes on SkyTrain.
“Safety concerns” of bikes on escalators? Meanwhile in the Netherlands. https://youtu.be/4laLKXKkD1M?t=42s