Burnaby Updates

[sburnaby33]

Originally Posted by Geof

As I understand it, there are a number of reasons why they are not doing that. Obviously a separated path would be much wider, in places leaving no space for anything else. That would entail the loss of more existing trees, and complicate the many intersections (you'll notice how the planned path curves away from the road, then back towards it at the intersections). I also believe it would have been more expensive.

In effect, the choice was between a travel corridor, probably something like the Solo frontage, and the more park-like design that we are getting. Which is better? That depends on what you want. If you're just passing through, you probably want the bike lane. If you live in the neighbourhood, you might be happier with the park. There are definite trade-offs either way. Seeing that video (and living in the neighbourhood), I am optimistic that they made a good choice. But like you, my bottom line is that, perfect or not, I'm in favour of it, and so happy they decided not to extend the bus lanes (something I wrote them about years ago).

I live in the neighborhood. There have been quite a few people who have hit by cars on the roadway and a couple have died. This will make it much less dangerous to walk North/South on the route and crossing the street will be safer as pedestrian controlled intersection will be added to three cross-streets. Safety and the level of traffic made this a good decision.