I think Vancouver deserves a lot of credit with how they've built their residential bike routes.
Lower speed limits, speed bumps and the islands are great!
Not too sure about the main roads though...E. Broadway, Kingsway & Marine Dr. all looked quite nerve-racking to ride on in case you had to get to a business/store along there.
You can also tell I'm from Ontario, when at the end of the video (ride) I would stop and actually enjoy watching the logs in the water :p
@ryanz4 Kingsway is pretty busy, and unique because it is at an angle to the rectangular street grid, and is therefore the shortest way to get diagonally across the city and sees heavy traffic. The old 1990's bike plan called for bike infrastructure on or near it. The local community association has been asking for them, and it came up in the news last year, if you google "norquay bike lanes" you can see a bit of the discussion.
@ryanz4 Marine Dr is pretty busy indeed as well. The alternative to that is just south on Kent, which is a bike route and quite calm, or a bit north on E 59th Ave which is a bike route under development. Marine a few blocks east of there enters Burnaby, where it has bike lanes on it, although still busy to ride on. But the bike lanes are ginormous and there aren't many intersections, so it feels comfortable at least! Also I think mby they are building a separated bike lane on the Burnaby side.
I was going to comment on what happened at 8:29 , but reading your response to busog, it put it into perspective at least...Happens here as well with people use to no stop signs, then the city adds one.
@ryanz4 Yep, Saturday. I haven't been on this route during a work day so not sure. The 10th Ave and Off-Broadway routes, the 2 I use the most, get very busy during commute times, like 10 bikes bunching up at the intersections kind of busy!
Broadway, during peak commute times, converts the curb lanes to bus/bike lanes, although I've never ridden on them. There are parallel bike routes that I use instead, which have gradually been getting improvements and are now quite nice.
@ryanz4 Yes, the person at 4:48 was waving a paddle. This is a symbol that there is a backyard parking space available to rent for the day. The police don't like people doing this, so people are discreet about it by using paddles they can hide quickly to advertise the spot. If you google "PNE backyard parking" you'll find all sorts of discussion on this issue.
That was a very nice ride Alex. In your description to the video, you say you are going in the North direction from Burrard Inlet to the Fraser River, though at the beginning in the video it pans North South, and in, on the directions within the video, you describe it North South. Or, am I wrong? Nice house and garden @ 7:45, and I am glad you had your horn @ 8:30, I am guessing they would not have seen you. Again thanks for the videos. ; > ]
@busog97641 Thx!! Lol yes it was actually SOUTH, haha I've fixed the description! Wow someone actually watched this long video :-) Yes, the horn is handy... These intersections used to all be uncontrolled 4-ways and many people are still used to them being that way. I wasn't really in danger without it and could have easily stopped in time though, I don't think anyone's ever really been hurt on these residential routes, at least not that I've ever heard of.
@alexwarrior1 I enjoy watching your videos, they are very relaxing. Except the Portland Compilation, I viewed in 720p and it took forever for it to load on my computer, and the quality was no better than say 480p, on my computer that is! But that is my fault. ; > ]
I think Vancouver deserves a lot of credit with how they've built their residential bike routes.
Lower speed limits, speed bumps and the islands are great!
Not too sure about the main roads though...E. Broadway, Kingsway & Marine Dr. all looked quite nerve-racking to ride on in case you had to get to a business/store along there.
You can also tell I'm from Ontario, when at the end of the video (ride) I would stop and actually enjoy watching the logs in the water :p
ryanz4 8 months ago
@ryanz4 Kingsway is pretty busy, and unique because it is at an angle to the rectangular street grid, and is therefore the shortest way to get diagonally across the city and sees heavy traffic. The old 1990's bike plan called for bike infrastructure on or near it. The local community association has been asking for them, and it came up in the news last year, if you google "norquay bike lanes" you can see a bit of the discussion.
alexwarrior1 8 months ago
@ryanz4 Marine Dr is pretty busy indeed as well. The alternative to that is just south on Kent, which is a bike route and quite calm, or a bit north on E 59th Ave which is a bike route under development. Marine a few blocks east of there enters Burnaby, where it has bike lanes on it, although still busy to ride on. But the bike lanes are ginormous and there aren't many intersections, so it feels comfortable at least! Also I think mby they are building a separated bike lane on the Burnaby side.
alexwarrior1 8 months ago
That was a Saturday, right?
How much busier is it with traffic (bike & vehicle) during the work week?
At 4:48 , was that person waving someone down?
I was going to comment on what happened at 8:29 , but reading your response to busog, it put it into perspective at least...Happens here as well with people use to no stop signs, then the city adds one.
ryanz4 8 months ago
@ryanz4 Yep, Saturday. I haven't been on this route during a work day so not sure. The 10th Ave and Off-Broadway routes, the 2 I use the most, get very busy during commute times, like 10 bikes bunching up at the intersections kind of busy!
Broadway, during peak commute times, converts the curb lanes to bus/bike lanes, although I've never ridden on them. There are parallel bike routes that I use instead, which have gradually been getting improvements and are now quite nice.
alexwarrior1 8 months ago
@ryanz4 Yes, the person at 4:48 was waving a paddle. This is a symbol that there is a backyard parking space available to rent for the day. The police don't like people doing this, so people are discreet about it by using paddles they can hide quickly to advertise the spot. If you google "PNE backyard parking" you'll find all sorts of discussion on this issue.
alexwarrior1 8 months ago
That was a very nice ride Alex. In your description to the video, you say you are going in the North direction from Burrard Inlet to the Fraser River, though at the beginning in the video it pans North South, and in, on the directions within the video, you describe it North South. Or, am I wrong? Nice house and garden @ 7:45, and I am glad you had your horn @ 8:30, I am guessing they would not have seen you. Again thanks for the videos. ; > ]
busog97641 9 months ago
@busog97641 Thx!! Lol yes it was actually SOUTH, haha I've fixed the description! Wow someone actually watched this long video :-) Yes, the horn is handy... These intersections used to all be uncontrolled 4-ways and many people are still used to them being that way. I wasn't really in danger without it and could have easily stopped in time though, I don't think anyone's ever really been hurt on these residential routes, at least not that I've ever heard of.
alexwarrior1 9 months ago
@alexwarrior1 I enjoy watching your videos, they are very relaxing. Except the Portland Compilation, I viewed in 720p and it took forever for it to load on my computer, and the quality was no better than say 480p, on my computer that is! But that is my fault. ; > ]
busog97641 9 months ago