Alexg
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An ongoing process. Many of the City’s recent initiatives (e.g. downtown separated bike lane trial, additional traffic calming on existing routes) work towards this vision. The draft Greenest City action plan will support this idea, and include directions to help inform the upcoming transportation plan update and new active transportation plan.
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Compared to other cities such as berlin, zurich and montreal, Vancouver's bike routes exhibit some serious problems with regard to engineering and design.
The bike ways that have been created over the last few years seem laden with obstructions that often make them cumbersome or even dangerous for cyclists. For example the carral street greenway is particularly rife with superfluous curves, slopes, poles and shrubbery... and it's no exception. I see many cyclists refusing to use these routes, opting to ride in the car lane where the way is smoother, straighter, and you're not as likely to end up face-to-face with a steel pole or tree.
Furthermore, i can't deduce any kind of construction and wayfinding standards between the different bike routes. When i turn from one bike route onto another it's like i've entered a another country with totally different roadway conventions. it's like a free-for-all no-holds-barred design whatever the **** you want urban planner fantasy land! really i have no idea what they are thinking. it seems like some vision of aesthetics has dominated all practical concerns with no consideration that some people might actually want to use these paths to get from one place to another. Faced with this kind of chaos i'd say it makes way more sense to just keep it simple: paint some lines on the road and leave it at that.
Perhaps the problem is as David Godin suggests: in vancouver bike routes are often thought of as luxury pieces of prestige public works instead of practical commuter infrastructure.
