would like to say to badger and folks: please forgive me for my ranting.

Pam the hotel that objected to bike lane: it was because it ran in front of the hotel,..... but on the other side of the street. I haven't quite figured out the problem there.

By the way, unlike other Canadian cities, some of Vancouver's streets both and downtown, have back laneways, for tenant parking or unloading delivery trucks. (Not for hotels though)