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whatnext · #**341** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 6:04 PM**

That bench..still so welcoming.

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Pic by me today.

Really poor signage...

jollyburger · #**342** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 6:44 PM**

I doubt they move the sign closer to the traffic lanes but they should change it to read something like Granville LEFT LANE, Fir/4th RIGHT LANE

I want to see their ridesrhip/pedestrian numbers on the connector. It'll be interesting to see how well it gets used next year once the weather gets better.

officedweller · #**343** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

That's the original sign. As they're still working at that end of the bridge, it's possible it won't stay like that.

They have bollards separating the lanes to prevent last minute lane changes, but it's no wonder drivers are confused.
They'll need a support that spans the entire bridge deck in order to have signs over the proper lanes.

... and the exit to Fir St. is currently CLOSED for construction until late 2025.
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/granville-bridge-south-ramps-rehabilitation.aspx

If it were a highway, there would be a big orange [magnetic] 'sticker' blocking the Fir St. part.

jollyburger · #**344** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 7:06 PM**

Fir should reopen around Nov 17th. Next closure is Hemlock: Oct 27, 2025 - Feb 27, 2026

aberdeen5698 · #**345** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 9:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

That bench..still so welcoming.

It'd be a lot more inviting in the sunshine...

idunno · #**346** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 9:52 PM**

When I pass by on a non-rainy day, there are always people sitting at that "top of the bridge" bench. Fewer on the other benches though.

jollyburger · #**347** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 10:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by idunno

When I pass by on a non-rainy day, there are always people sitting at that "top of the bridge" bench. Fewer on the other benches though.

Better than the ones on Burrard covered in pigeon feces.

djh · #**348** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Pic by me today.

Really poor signage...

Bets on how long before a driver looking UP to read the sign doesn't notice the random bench in front of them and ploughs into it.

My guess: before 2025 is over.

aberdeen5698 · #**349** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 2:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by djh

Bets on how long before a driver looking UP to read the sign doesn't notice the random bench in front of them and ploughs into it.

The bench is a safety feature, we're counting on him hitting it before he hits a pedestrian or cyclist.

jollyburger · #**350** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 6:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698

The bench is a safety feature, we're counting on him hitting it before he hits a pedestrian or cyclist.

How is someone going to drive there when there are giant concrete barriers lining the road?

cganuelas1995 · #**351** Posted **Oct 26, 2025, 2:29 PM**

Please tell me someone on a skateboard used that bench for a sick grind

osirisboy · #**352** Posted **Oct 26, 2025, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

How is someone going to drive there when there are giant concrete barriers lining the road?

I actually also thought there was a lane of traffic running right beside it. It took me a moment.

cganuelas1995 · #**353** Posted **Oct 26, 2025, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

How is someone going to drive there when there are giant concrete barriers lining the road?

You'd be very very surprised. How? They'll find a way in. Why? Stupidity.

Zepfancouver · #**354** Posted **Oct 26, 2025, 6:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by cganuelas1995

You'd be very very surprised. How? They'll find a way in. Why? Stupidity.

This taxi driver will show us the way Taxi uses bike lane to cross Vancouver's Cambie Bridge...

That is so funny to watch. The taxi driver would like to be going faster but there is a cyclist slowing him down.

cganuelas1995 · #**355** Posted **Oct 26, 2025, 10:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

This taxi driver will show us the way Taxi uses bike lane to cross Vancouver's Cambie Bridge...

That is so funny to watch. The taxi driver would like to be going faster but there is a cyclist slowing him down.

I mean people will drive on sidewalks too. I've seen it on that Metro Vancouver learns to park and drive page on facebook.

whatnext · #**356** Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 1:36 AM**

I drove over Granville on a quiet Sunday afternoon and noticed again what a joke the reconfiguration will be. Just one lane going down the most popular route of straight south down Granville toward the airport. Two lanes devoted to going off to the West Side. Needless to say the one though lane was backed up while the two lanes heading west had nobody in them.

officedweller · #**357** Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 3:52 AM**

Is using Fir to 16th then back to Granville faster than staying on Granville?

Migrant_Coconut · #**358** Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 4:25 AM**

Fir's often backed up all the way to the off-ramp; doubt you're saving much time.

jollyburger · #**359** Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 3:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Is using Fir to 16th then back to Granville faster than staying on Granville?

Technically it's probably faster since you have a zero chance of hitting a light until Broadway and no buses. Then you have less lights to 16th with less pedestrian traffic than Granville, less people taking left turns and parallel parking.

idunno · #**360** Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 4:18 PM**

Yeah it's not really representative right now with the Fir Off-ramp closed.