tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post5339758653042810653..comments2024-03-28T17:34:21.418-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: How to increase cycling in Metro VancouverNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-28792575136434457462011-09-06T11:51:25.577-07:002011-09-06T11:51:25.577-07:00Of the 22 reasons for bike lanes, 20 of them benef...Of the 22 reasons for bike lanes, 20 of them benefit the automobile driver. Someone here seems to have a real hate on for bike lanes. Maybe they should investigate the other benefits?Joe Zaccariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575719277280796183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-52653087159648134392011-08-31T12:05:02.324-07:002011-08-31T12:05:02.324-07:00Couldn't agree with you more. I do want to cau...Couldn't agree with you more. I do want to caution though that I am still of the opinion that infrastructure wise it is far better to focus on dedicated bike routes not on already existing dedicated main roads.<br /><br />An example of this would be how Vancouver did handle putting the dedicated lane on Hornby. Had they wanted to put it on Burrard I think it would have been the dumbest move ever but they didn't cause road conflict. While some people may have been upset about it going on any road even Hornby it didn't remove road lanes for buses and cars off a major dedicated arterial in downtown.<br /><br />For that I'd never want to see dedicated bike lanes on Georgia, Seymour, Howe, or Nelson. But absolutely more cycling infrastructure. <br /><br />Same goes in Surrey and in Langley. No bike lanes on King George or 104th. But alternates are always better. I think Surrey and Langley really have a chance though now to do things right because they both have so much more land and options available. Vancouver is built up so adding road infrastructure in any capacity even bike lanes means sacrifice on another front. You can't simply widen the roads.<br /><br />But say for example the 160th widening which _will_ happen eventually from Fraser Highway to HW1. I think when they do it, they should widen it enough to have dedicated bike lanes separated with pedestrians. Do something similar to the sea-wall where pedestrians and cyclists are separate from the road traffic and also minorly separated from each other. It wouldn't take much more space as you wouldn't need to do it on both sides just 1 side both directions.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686910804119761992noreply@blogger.com