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> - Protected bike lanes everywhere. As an avid biker in Vancouver, I can unfortunately not confirm that. There's a few strategic ones, but it's far from every

> - Protected bike lanes everywhere. As an avid biker in Vancouver, I can unfortunately not confirm that. There's a few strategic ones, but it's far from everywhere. https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/map-cycling-vancouver.pdf https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/map-cycling-vancouver.pdf has the overview. It unfortunately doesn't cover the extended area, but already shows that outside of downtown only a small amount of fully protected lanes exists - like Arbutus Greenway.

cameronpm 5y ago
Another great map. Yea, in comparison to Amsterdam we suck. I hope we keep making them. I find the sidestreets on pretty safe, due to low car traffic.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  I mean, sure, in comparison to the best biking city in the best biking country in the world, anyone would suck. Vancouver is consistently ranked among the most bike friendly cities in the world: - https://www.archdaily.com/920413/the-20-most-bike-friendly-cities-in-the-world-according-to-copenhagenize-2019 https://www.archdaily.com/920413/the-20-most-bike-friendly-c... - https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cycling-ranking-2019 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cycling-ranking-20... - https://www.momentum-biking.com/us/9-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-most-bike-friendly-cities https://www.momentum-biking.com/us/9-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-...
rtlfe 5y ago
The "local street bikeways" tend to actually be pretty good though. There are plenty of traffic diverters and other calming elements, unlike most North American cities that just paint sharrows and pray for the best.
- omosubi 5y ago
  Yeah anyone who thinks that Vancouver bike infrastructure is bad is delusional - it's not perfect but no city is (especially in north America) and you can get basically anywhere in the city on a safe side street
- Matthias247 5y ago
  Fully agreed. I would feel safe on most of the "green" streets on the map. The intention was definitely not to state that overall Vancouver has a bad infrastructure - it's certainly better than average. But just to clarify that the amount of fully separated lanes is not that high. Also it gets a bit worse in suburbs like North/West Van, New Westminster, etc.

cameronpm 5y ago

Another great map. Yea, in comparison to Amsterdam we suck. I hope we keep making them. I find the sidestreets on pretty safe, due to low car traffic.

mynameisvlad 5y ago
I mean, sure, in comparison to the best biking city in the best biking country in the world, anyone would suck. Vancouver is consistently ranked among the most bike friendly cities in the world: - https://www.archdaily.com/920413/the-20-most-bike-friendly-cities-in-the-world-according-to-copenhagenize-2019 https://www.archdaily.com/920413/the-20-most-bike-friendly-c... - https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cycling-ranking-2019 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cycling-ranking-20... - https://www.momentum-biking.com/us/9-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-most-bike-friendly-cities https://www.momentum-biking.com/us/9-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-...

rtlfe 5y ago

The "local street bikeways" tend to actually be pretty good though. There are plenty of traffic diverters and other calming elements, unlike most North American cities that just paint sharrows and pray for the best.

omosubi 5y ago
Yeah anyone who thinks that Vancouver bike infrastructure is bad is delusional - it's not perfect but no city is (especially in north America) and you can get basically anywhere in the city on a safe side street
Matthias247 5y ago
Fully agreed. I would feel safe on most of the "green" streets on the map. The intention was definitely not to state that overall Vancouver has a bad infrastructure - it's certainly better than average. But just to clarify that the amount of fully separated lanes is not that high. Also it gets a bit worse in suburbs like North/West Van, New Westminster, etc.