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.
Re:Vancouver Zoning Map
by Matthias247 on Friday April 08, 2022 @08:26PM
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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.
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
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.
Re:Vancouver Zoning Map
by mynameisvlad on Friday April 08, 2022 @06:55PM
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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-c... - https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cycling-ranking-20... - https://www.momentum-biking.com/us/9-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-...
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 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.