Burrard Bridge bicycle trial
The official start date was supposed to be tomorrow (Monday, July 13) but the barriers were in place today for the Burrard Bridge trial. Previously the bridge had six lanes of car traffic (three each direction) while each sidewalk was split (with a painted line) between pedestrians and cyclists.
Now, one of the southbound road lanes has been converted to a bicycle lane, and the east sidewalk has also been converted to an exclusive bicycle lane northbound (no pedestrians). The west sidewalk is now for pedestrians.
Today, there was plenty of room in that southbound bike lane. There were quite a few cyclists incorrectly going northbound in that lane, and it did not cause any problems that I saw. Will cyclist traffic on weekdays really be heavier than on a nice Sunday afternoon?
As a pedestrian, it was great having exclusive use of the sidewalk. It feels much safer than before, when cyclists would zip by on the same pavement, inches away. But I also am a little upset that the east sidewalk, with its nice views of Granville Island, will now be closed to pedestrians:
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