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Originally Posted by EastVanMark
Because that makes too much sense, and they want as much "impact" as they can by once again going after the car on major arterial routes. The fact that this will cause more traffic and increase pollution levels is not even on the radar.
You literally have a street about 100 feet over that you can easily close off to vehicular traffic, provide a cycling network that is effective and actually doesn't disrupt anyone thereby adding rather than constantly choosing to build one at the expense of another. But again, that makes too much sense, so no way they'll do that.
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The cycling track along Cambie connects (directly) King Edward Station to Oakridge, Langara and 49th Ave cycle track, Marine Drive Station, and further south across Fraser into Richmond while maintaining 2 car travel lanes in both directions. Cycling routes are connected North-South over False Creek via Cambie Bridge.
The closest complete North-South route is Ontario, which is already a major route north of King Edward, but does not connect to major destinations and connectors, nor has a south connection over the Fraser River. The distance between Ontario and Cambie is 1 kilometre, same as Oak.
For the Complete Streets program along Commercial Drive I'm surprised I haven't heard more arguments for Victoria Drive to be used instead. The arterials in Hastings-Sunrise (Nanaimo St) were over designed and over built since their inception in the Hastings Townsite survey over a century ago.
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