Liveable communities take away my rights

[shootingstar]

Maybe useful to know that in the neighbourhoods of Kitslano which borders downtown there is already 10% of folks commuting by bike. In that area there are some on road bike lanes and Shaugnessy, etc. Anyway many of the roads aren't as heavy with traffic. I rode those areas nearly daily when I was unemployed, so I can say safely what it was like at different times of the working day/week/weekend. They are beautiful areas to ride through at any time...except for the crowded times of parents dropping off kids at school.

30 km. long Central Valley Greenway, which was heavily funded by TransLink and some border municipalities of Burnaby and New Westminister, take folks to and from downtown to those outlying areas quite safely ..and they can use the separated bike lane on Dunsmuir St. (or go down Ontario St. etc.). Lots of options that are safer outside of downtown area.

The $$ was from City of Vancouver budget, not intended for the border municipalities . Hence whatever infrastructure was to be within City of Vancouver boundaries. It's taxpayers' money.

Other suburban municipalities, have to pony up money, which they slowly are in their own way each year for past 5 years for infrastructure in their own jurisdictions. In my humble opinion, it's very much those outlying municipalities we need to continously link up Vancouver's cycling infrastructure to theirs..but theirs is "thinner" and not as well-developed.

City of Surrey struggles immensely since it has awful roads in terms of higher speed, wider roads (which contributes to speeding), is more spread out, and lack of many regular cyclists. I've cycled through that area only a few times with last time on our own self-guided touring ride from Washington after we crossed the U.S. border to return home. It's never an uplifting experience cycling-wise through Surrey, but then I haven't explored routes enough yet.

By the way, the hotel that protested publicly huge and loud against the Hornby bike lane...one of their managers is an avid bike commuter and radonneur. He parks his bike in the hotel parking area somewhere. He went on the Grand Fondo ride from Vancouver to Whistler last fall which received enormous publicity. I mean talk about hypocrisy..