Comments on: Vancouver Bike Routes: What’s Next?

By: mountain bike techniques

mountain bike techniques — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:21:43 +0000

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By: JoeAverage

JoeAverage — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:06:26 +0000

In reply to Janine. Janine, thanks for the great links. I am going to put them in the post, so more people will see them.

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:47:12 +0000

Was surfing tonight, and on a whim looked at the VPL’s historical photos for bikes (http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/spe/histphotos/ search term “bicycles”). Not sure if these links will come through, but it seems cycling on Vancouver’s streets has been going on for a long time…and it looks much less busy than the horror I experienced on Burrard Street this morning…

http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca%2Fspe%2Fhistphotos%2F&TN=PHOTOS&SN=AUTO31492&SE=2532&RN=33&MR=5&TR=10000&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=briefweb&EF=&DF=Full+Photo&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=5440&NR=30&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1

http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca%2Fspe%2Fhistphotos%2F&TN=PHOTOS&SN=AUTO31492&SE=2532&RN=14&MR=5&TR=10000&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=briefweb&EF=&DF=Full+Photo&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=8074&NR=11&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1

By: JoeAverage

JoeAverage — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:36:41 +0000

In reply to Sean.

Clark is one of the two roads in Vancouver that are on my “only if it would save the planet from immediate destruction” list – the other is Hastings. I avoid them both like the plague – hat tip to you if you have the nerves to use Clark at any time of the day!

Good idea to have a more efficient connector between Adanac and the CVG. I always use Woodland, but it is a climb, and it’s a slow detour to boot. A separated bike lane on Clark would make it super fast!

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:29:48 +0000

If I had my ‘druthers I’d love to see a separated lane on Clark Drive between the Adanac and Central Valley Greenway bike routes. These are connected by the Woodland bike route, but that requires you to climb a fairly good hill to 1st Avenue and then go right back down again on the other side. Clarke, only 2 blocks away, is quite flat by comparison.

I use Clarke drive late in the evenings when the traffic is very light, but usually the heavy commercial traffic makes it inadvisable, IMHO.

By: Alex P

Alex P — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:29:57 +0000

I like the 10th and Fraser light. Very handy if I’m headed that way to the SkyTrain or the CVG. A big win for me as well was a similar light quite recently added at W 10th and Highbury St that makes it dead easy for me to get to the Off-Broadway bike route.

I used to want a light at W 8th & Alma on the Off-Broadway route, but I learned a little secret, I can just go to W 6th & Alma to cross Alma, since it has a pushbutton cyclist light, so I’d rather see some other priority area get one first.

I like the idea of a Kitsilano Connector between the Kits Pool and Jericho Park to close that gap. That’s the way I ride anyway if I’m coming home from downtown, but most people wouldn’t be comfortable doing that. It’d be perfect for the big employment centre that is UBC. And helps expand one’s choice of beaches in the summer. I find the beaches get gradually more pretentious the farther East you go from Wreck Beach to Kits Beach, so one could then simply ride until they reach their desired level of pretentiousness of beach.

Separated lanes would be great on Main St and Commercial Dr, but narrow rights of way make that difficult I’d imagine. Lots of good restaurants on both.