Coal Harbour Connection Update 2

I had heard there were some changes made at the Coal Harbour Connection – where a temporary route has been put through the float-plane terminal to allow passage from the Coal Harbour seawall to the convention centre.  Its inadequacies are addressed here. 

Unless I’m missing something, this is the extent of the change – another less-than-helpful sign!

So, still nothing to point to the ramp, still nothing that says explicitly that there’s a connection to the convention centre, Canada Place and, above all, the Hornby cycle track.  (Note the sign in the background that says “Temporary seawall link to Stanley Park.”  People reading that have likely come from Stanley Park!  They need to know where they can go.)

In any event, the signage overload remains unaddressed, and so cyclists follow their intuition, head straight, and end up in a cul-de-sac.  And like the guy in the picture, have to retrace their steps, facing the back of the signage, with nothing to tell them where to go.

And here’s the really pathetic part:

An existing sign, placed where confused cyclists are likely to see it, uncluttered with nothing else to distract, has no reference to bicycling.  All it would take is a magic marker to correct.  Honestly, they’re not even trying.

Anyone care to join me on Saturday, from 1 to 4, to pass out some maps and provide some guidance in person?  Let me know at pricetags@shaw.ca

[And while we’re at it, here’s a good analysis of the deficiencies of the Seaside route, from Coal Harbour to Vanier Point, produced by the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee for the Park Board as they consider their capital plan.  You have to unload it from Drop Box, so it takes a few minutes.  Worth the time.]