It's time to tell the city what you think of proposed designs for new bike routes between Vancouver and Simon Fraser University.
The City of Burnaby has created conceptual designs for the Frances-Union Bikeway, Burnaby Mountain Parkway and Gaglardi Way for the public to review and give comments and concerns.
The city says the plan is to make bike routes safe, comfortable and connected for people of all ages and abilities.
The federal government gave the city $5.7 million towards the Frances-Union Bikeway and Burnaby Mountain Parkway improvements; the proposed Gaglardi Way improvements "will be pursued separately in coordination with planned infrastructure improvements along the same corridor," according to the city's website.
Frances-Union is an existing neighbourhood bikeway, while the Burnaby Mountain Parkway includes vehicle lanes, painted on-street bike lanes and either shared, multi-use paths or sidewalks. Gaglardi Way has car lanes and painted on-street bike lanes.
Some improvements include dropping the Frances-Union speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour.
"The default speed limit of 50 km/h is not comfortable for drivers and cyclists to share the road," said a document posted on the city's webpage (click the PDF link in the document library sidebar titled "descriptions of proposed improvements").
Pavement markings and signage will be updated to make it clear the road is a bicycle priority route and drivers are expected to yield to cyclists.
The city has proposed continuous sidewalks, which would "prioritize pedestrians while also slowing down traffic."
Other improvements include:
- Two-way protected bike lanes on Duthie Avenue (removes on-street parking on the west side, retains on the east)
- Protected bike lanes on Burnaby Mountain Parkway, Gaglardi Way
- Bicycle and pedestrian push buttons
- Traffic signal for cross streets
- Speed cushions
- 2.5-metre protected bike lanes in each direction on Gaglardi Way (reduce to one downhill travel lane)
The city has an online survey which will be open until Sunday, Feb. 25 and will host three pop-up information events where residents can speak to the project team.
Burnaby bike improvement info events:
- Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (SFU's Convocation Mall)
- Thursday, Feb. 22 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (McGill library)
- Saturday, Feb. 24 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (McGill library)
More information is available on the city's project webpage.
