[Talk-ca] [gvcc-members] Vancouver moves ahead on major bike lane artery

[Gregory]

You guys know what a separated cycle lane is?!
4 metres, minus the concrete barrier? I guess that is a bi-directional lane
at that exciting width.

If it's alongside the road it would normally be tagged on the highway way as
cycleway=track (rather than lane)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycleway
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycleway>I'm not sure if there is a
proposed tagging, although looking at the Europe tagwatch there are 82 uses
of cycleway=proposed
http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Europe/En/keystats_cycleway.html and 26 uses of
cycleway=construction.

As there is already a cycle lane there, I would leave it as that. Maybe
changing to cycleway=construction (which might not show on the cyclemap)
when construction starts (assuming it makes the cycle lane non-existent) and
then of course to track.

Do you have details of where we can complete the survey?

On 20 April 2010 12:30, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fyi Vancouver Mappers, it gotta be mapped :-)
>
> On 4/20/10, Paul Rothe <paulrothe at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Vancouver moves ahead on major bike lane artery
> > Times Colonist, April 20, 2010
> >
> > Dunsmuir Street VANCOUVER — merchants are being asked how they feel about
> > having separated bike lanes run the length of the street from the
> Dunsmuir
> > Viaduct to Burrard Street.
> >
> > In February, Vancouver City council approved in principle the
> construction
> > of a major east-west bike route running along Dunsmuir.
> >
> > The plan calls for replacing a parking lane on Dunsmuir with a
> > four-metre-wide bike lane separated from vehicle traffic by a concrete
> > barrier that would decrease the amount of on-street parking and loading
> > zones, necessitate the moving of bus stops and introduce some turning
> > restrictions at intersections.
> >
> > But a report to council says the plan would significantly increase the
> > number of people who choose to cycle and would create a more comfortable
> > walking experience for pedestrians, as the bike lane would act as a
> buffer
> > zone between them and vehicle traffic.
> >
> > Councillor Geoff Meggs, a proponent of separated lanes for cyclists, said
> > something needs to be done as the downtown “is a black hole right now in
> > terms of biking safety.
> >
> > “It’s a big deterrent for people who like to ride bikes,” he said.
> >
> > Meggs said separated lanes were the only way to advance the safety of
> > cyclists, and motorists would sooner have bikes on the other side of a
> > barrier.
> >
> > “It’s better than the harumscarum that goes on down there now with bikes
> and
> > vehicles all mixed up,” he said.
> >
> > Meggs said council wants to create a cycling commuter bridge across the
> > downtown.
> >
> > Results of the survey will be collected by the end of April and staff
> will
> > report back to council by June with its findings.
> >
> > If approved, construction on the separated bike lane would begin
> > immediately.
> >
> >
> > http://digital.timescolonist.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
> >
> >
> > Paul
> > www.rothe-aismax.com
> >
> >
>
>
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Gregory
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