Metro Vancouver Road Infrastructure Discussion

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0...eighbourhoods/

I'm totally in favour of this. It's rare that you need to drive more than 3 or 4 blocks through residential streets in order to reach an arterial, and it's also rare that you need to stop for any length of time while driving those 3 or 4 blocks. 30 km/h for the minute or two it takes to drive that distance is not unreasonable, IMHO. It's unlikely to cost you more than a minute of driving time.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by aberdeen5698

I'm totally in favour of this. It's rare that you need to drive more than 3 or 4 blocks through residential streets in order to reach an arterial, and it's also rare that you need to stop for any length of time while driving those 3 or 4 blocks. 30 km/h for the minute or two it takes to drive that distance is not unreasonable, IMHO. It's unlikely to cost you more than a minute of driving time.

But in reality I think most of these streets are already 30km/h at best considering most blocks in these neighbourhoods it's sometime even hard for more than one car to get by at a time.

They should make it 20km/h and anyone dumb enough to be going 50-60 can get an excessive speeding ticket

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

But in reality I think most of these streets are already 30km/h at best considering most blocks in these neighbourhoods it's sometime even hard for more than one car to get by at a time.

They should make it 20km/h and anyone dumb enough to be going 50-60 can get an excessive speeding ticket

Yeah it would be pretty difficult and dangerous to navigate a lot of these areas faster than 30 km/h.

Along with countless other rules and laws there will be zero enforcement as well.

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Along with countless other rules and laws there will be zero enforcement as well.

I often consider that a lot of traffic laws are there to give the justice system a means to prosecute you should you cause an accident. So rights of way, for example yielding at a stop sign, are usually not enforced and usually don't cause a problem. But if you fail to yield and an accident results, then you can be charged for a violation instead of it just being chalked up to "one of those things".

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0...eighbourhoods/

LOL, WTF is "St. Georges" doing there? Because that strip of West 29th between Dunbar and the UEL is such a heavily trafficked through road? Yeah, right up there with Denman and Main Street

You can tell who donates to ABC.

[CanSpice]

Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL, WTF is "St. Georges" doing there? Because that strip of West 29th between Dunbar and the UEL is such a heavily trafficked through road? Yeah, right up there with Denman and Main Street

It's a local street bikeway. Lowering speeds on streets that are shared with bicycles is a good move, and even more so on local street bikeways that are within a couple of blocks of three schools.

[jollyburger]

I can't wait to see what the steel plate looks like

Drivers travelling on Highway 1 are advised to expect delays of as much as 20 minutes on the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge as nighttime closures are planned starting March 8.

Closures are expected from March 8 to March 17. During the work, Highway 1 eastbound will be closed completely and traffic will flow one lane in each direction on the westbound side. The closures are necessary to allow maintenance contractor to complete deck and joint repairs on the bridge.

A steel plate will remain in place each day to protect work in progress. Median guardrails will be replaced with traffic barrels and impact attenuators throughout the day.

https://vancouversun.com/news/night-...narrows-bridge

They're removing the median now



https://www.drivebc.ca/

[jollyburger]

Seems like they spent yesterday just removing the barriers they'll probably start the work on the joints/deck tonight. The barrier has been removed around the mid-point of the bridge so I guess they'll focus on that side first.

[officedweller]

B.C. gov’t installing detection system to prevent overpass strikes between Abbotsford and Chilliwack
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0...nd-chilliwack/

What they need to do is install a physical barrier the same height of the overpass about a kilometre before the overpass.

[s211]

Originally Posted by officedweller

B.C. gov’t installing detection system to prevent overpass strikes between Abbotsford and Chilliwack
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0...nd-chilliwack/

What they need to do is install a physical barrier the same height of the overpass about a kilometre before the overpass.

No kidding. I've been wondering the same thing. Putting in a bunch of flashing lights if an overheight load is detected does nothing.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by officedweller

B.C. gov’t installing detection system to prevent overpass strikes between Abbotsford and Chilliwack
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0...nd-chilliwack/

What they need to do is install a physical barrier the same height of the overpass about a kilometre before the overpass.

A kilometre before would prevent oversize loads from using the roadway as they should (going around the overpass via the on/off ramps).

[jollyburger]

I assume you would have to over engineer it so it wouldn't break up and fly into other vehicles.

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by s211

No kidding. I've been wondering the same thing. Putting in a bunch of flashing lights if an overheight load is detected does nothing.

Even a big "STOP" sign projected onto a water curtain spanning the travel lanes, as described in this article, only has a 90% success rate. Hard to imagine a trucker ignoring it, but apparently 10% of them do...

[MIPS]

That assumes they care. My guess it's a liability thing so the driver can't say they didn't know. Would be nice if ICBC could use that as a clause in their insurance though.

Before the Highway 1 widening they had one travelling Eastbound through Surrey and twice I saw a truck set it off and they went through anyways.

Someone setup a webcam so we can get 11Foot8 vibes!