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[Mike K.]

I'm really disappointed by the lack of maintenance of major roads throughout the region following the snow and subsequent sanding. Bike lanes are littered with pebbles and grime and it was only yesterday that one major route even in Victoria was cleared.

If we're going to take the bicycle network seriously I expect municipalities to be more reactive to changing conditions of the lanes themselves. It's pointless to invest so much money only to have to force cyclists onto sidewalks or vehicle lanes because the bike lane is too dangerous to ride in.

[nagel]

^ The burnside one in front of Spectrum is full of grime but I've been too lazy to contact Saanich about it.  

[VicHockeyFan]

Ya, they need to take them seriously.  Nobody wants to ride over grime.

[VicHockeyFan]

^ The burnside one in front of Spectrum is full of grime but I've been too lazy to contact Saanich about it.  

 

I've contacted them for you.

[thundergun]

Finlayson around Hillside mall/cedar hill rec is brutal as well. Really most streets I've been around recently have at least some reasonable level of grit in the bike lanes.

[HB]

there is a concrete pour at 1515 Douglas look up ....wayyyy up......while riding by in the bike lane

[aastra]

 

I'm really disappointed by the lack of maintenance of major roads throughout the region following the snow and subsequent sanding.

 

It's funny, any Canadians who happened to visit the west coast for the first time in early 2017 are probably thinking mild winters in Victoria/Vancouver are a crock. Vancouver's streets in particular are looking like something out of Winnipeg or Ontario. So much grit and so many potholes.

[Gary H]

there is a concrete pour at 1515 Douglas look up ....wayyyy up......while riding by in the bike lane

See here:  http://vibrantvictor...ction/?p=369035

[malahatdrive]

The northbound Douglas Street bus lane has gone out to tender (seen on bcbid.gov.bc.ca)

 

Highway 1 - Tolmie Avenue to Saanich Road - Northbound Bus Lane

 

  Location: Highway 1 between Tolmie Avenue and Saanich Road, Victoria, B.C.

 

 

 

Description: Construction of a priority bus lane on Highway 1 (Douglas Street) in the northbound direction from Tolmie Avenue to Saanich Road including: traffic management, pavement cutting, cold milling and removal, removal of existing works, supply and placement of granular materials, construct concrete curb and sidewalk, asphalt paving, street light installation, supply and placement of topsoil, sod and tree planting.

"THE PROJECT WILL RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CANADA-BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND BILATERAL AGREEMENT (PTIF)."

 

Solicitation Number

  16614MJ0001 Close Date & Time 2017/03/22 14:00 Time Zone Pacific Time Open Date & Time 2017/03/22 14:30

Edited by malahatdrive, 23 February 2017 - 11:19 AM.

[57WestHills]

I got seven flat tires in the last four weeks riding. In 2016 I got two flats. Frustrating, and I think they were all in bike lanes. I've consequently put on more robust but far less efficient tires. Keeping the bike stores happy is what I do.

[Mike K.]

Free bikes: Victoria developer set to launch bike share program

http://victoria.citi...-share-program/

[nagel]

Now we just need protected bike lanes from the atrium to the selkirk so those 8 bikes can get back and forth safely.

[57WestHills]

I just spent two weeks biking in Hawaii. Whatever bad things I've said about Victoria drivers I take back. I'm so happy to still be alive!

[Bingo]

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[laconic]

E+N Rail Trail

 

 

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[VicHockeyFan]

http://www.copenhage...-track.html?m=1

 

In Denmark, the on-street, bi-directional facility was removed from Best Practice for bicycle infrastructure over two decades ago. That in itself might be an alarm bell to anyone paying attention. These two way cycle tracks were found to be more dangerous than one-way cycle tracks on each side of the roadway. There is a certain paradigm in cities... I'm not saying it's GOOD, but it's there. Traffic users all know which way to look when moving about the city. Having bicycles coming from two directions at once was an inferior design.

 

[Matt R.]

On some of the tourist strip areas outside of the historical centre in Mazatlan they have built dedicated bike lanes on the medians.

Matt.

[Cassidy]

Take a look at the ingenious bike lane installation at the NorthEast corner of Pandora and Government, and tell me how that's supposed to work when there's a sold-out student matinee at the Theater (approx 850 kids being dropped off in the pull out), bicycles going in both directions in the one bike lane, cars heading West on Pandora making a right hang turn onto Government heading North, AND pedestrians in the North/South and East/West crosswalks!!

 

Crap show if ever there was one.

 

It will be a miracle if nobody gets hurt.

[Coreyburger]

http://www.copenhage...-track.html?m=1

Copenhagenize hates them, but North American and Dutch experience differs with them - finding them safe when signal separated as Pandora will be

[Coreyburger]

Take a look at the ingenious bike lane installation at the NorthEast corner of Pandora and Government, and tell me how that's supposed to work when there's a sold-out student matinee at the Theater (approx 850 kids being dropped off in the pull out), bicycles going in both directions in the one bike lane, cars heading West on Pandora making a right hang turn onto Government heading North, AND pedestrians in the North/South and East/West crosswalks!!

Crap show if ever there was one.

It will be a miracle if nobody gets hurt.

Half of those movements will be separated by lights. As for loading, the Hornby bike lane has had the Art Gallery loading zone for years without issue.