An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
___________________________________________________________________
.
PETITION FOR A SAFER CAUSEWAY
If you haven’t seen the HUB petition to the BC government and the Vancouver Park Board about making the Stanley Park Causeway safer for cycling, please check it out and sign here.
If you ride through Stanley Park and want to see improvements, please consider also writing an email to:
Christy Clark, Premier@gov.bc.ca; Todd Stone, Minister.Transportation@gov.bc.ca; Grant Main, DeputyMinister.Transportation@gov.bc.ca; Vancouver Park Board, pBcommissioners@vancouver.ca. And Your MLA.
Park Board Commissioner Constance Barnes plans to introduce a motion to make the Stanley Park route safer, but the rest of the Park Board needs to be convinced and also the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
___________________________________________________________________
.
WHOOPDEEDOO
From designboom:
Canadian designer Greg Papove has launched his latest project in Vancouver, entitled ‘whoopdeedoo’. By breaking the daily routine of commuter cycling in a fun and spontaneous way, Papove implements a series of ramps onto a pre-existing bike path, creating a sense of destination for two-wheeled transportation.
.
As Vancouver’s 2040 transportation plan encourages citizens to use multiple forms of transportation to reduce vehicle traffic, the ‘whoopdeedoo’ project promotes cycling as a fun and alternative form of traveling with bikes.
More pics here.
___________________________________________________________________
.
CYCLISTS ARE LAZY
I rode my bicycle because I am lazy.
I step outside my front door and hop on my bike because I’m too lazy to go downstairs in the parking garage to get the car. I pull my bike up to the front door at my destination because I’m too lazy to drive around looking for a parking spot then having to walk from the car to the building.
I ride my bike instead of taking public transit because I’m too lazy to go to the store to buy bus tickets, and I am far too lazy to dig for loose change under my couch. I am also too lazy to transfer from the bus to the subway to the streetcar, preferring to ride directly to my destination without transfers.
Instead of walking 15 minutes to my destination, I ride my bicycle there in 5. Yes, I ride there because I am too lazy to walk.
I ride my bicycle past dozens of cars at rush hour because I’m too lazy to be stressed out sitting in traffic and too lazy to explain why I’m late all the time.
___________________________________________________________________
.
WHY CECILY CYCLES
From Vancouver Cycle Chic:
___________________________________________________________________
For two years I commuted via bike on the Stanley Park Causeway. It was never a pleasant ride (except when the blackberries were ready to pick). Northbound I got to inhale fumes as I puffed uphill. Southbound was a breeze, but it was terrifying passing the rare pedestrian I encountered. I would ring my bell and slow down, but sometimes they wouldn’t hear (because of car noise or headphones). It’s a narrow sidewalk to squeeze by on. It just takes on startled pedestrian to bump you as you pass to send you into traffic.
I’d love to see a paved, parallel trail within the forest. Something reasonably direct but without the car fumes. It would be popular with pedestrians and cyclists.