All the entries from the past year on assorted passerelles (and, at the end, the issue as it relates to the Burrard Bridge) in one handy entry:
Paris (Simone de Beauvoir) and here
Portland (Willamette River)
London (Charing Cross Bridge)
Poughkeepsie (Hudson River, NY)
Linz, Austria (Danube River)
Singapore (Henderson Waves)
Venice (by Calatrava)
London (Millennium Footbridge by Foster) and here
Westzaan, Holland
Bilboa, Spain (Zubizuri)
Amsterdam (Borneo-Sporenburg)
Zoetermeer, Netherlands (Balijbos)
Winnipeg (Esplanade Riel)
Newcastle (Millennium Bridge)
Bristol (Temple Quay)
Limerick, Ireland (Living Bridge)
Castleford (West Yorkshire)
Singapore (Marina Bay)
Zaragosa, Spain (Ebro River, by Hadid)
Rotterdam (Erasmus Bridge)
Redding, California (by Calatrava)
False Creek (Olympic Village)
Brisbane and Melbourne (Price Tags 93)
Burrard Bridge here (Dec 4) and here (June 23) and here (May 10) and here (May 6) and here (May 5) and here (April 1)
That Paris bridge is beautiful. Ottawa is very slowly, very tentatively talking about adding a second passerelle. The first one is a wonder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PedestrianBridge.JPG), but it only came in with huge opposition. It makes me laugh so mch – they can add a new road bridge for 50 million with their eyes closed, but a passerelle for $12 Million? That is an outrage. A waste of our taxes. Damn walkers.
In any event, all those who opposed it look pretty foolish now, as it is very heavily utilised, has won architecture awards and really did not cost that much. I even take visitors there as it gives one of the definitive views of Ottawa (the canal, framed by Parliament and the Chateau Laurier)
Most of your links are “edit post” links that only you can access. You might want to fix those.
Wow, great photos, well done!
Something that has always struck me about good design is making something functional so that it gets used. Kind of like the “Field of Dreams” philosophy, build it and they will come.
Being on the wet coast stops many of us from riding our bikes all the time. If you go downtown or any commercial area, most stores these days have awnings to keep us dry. When I was young, I could never understand why, back east, there were all these covered bridges. But when you think about it, it means less exposure to the elements for both the users and the bridge and this would result in less maintenance costs for the bridge too. Bottom line though is about getting people to use the structure and ride or walk and not use their car on a bridge.
So yes, lets have a covered pedestrian/bike bridge or bridges and for the sun worshippers leave a portion uncovered.