Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Vancouver

Vancouver Set to Claim Another Bridge Lane for Active Transportation

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 2, 2015 | 19 Comments

In 2009, Vancouver converted a southbound car lane on the west side of the Burrard Bridge to a protected bikeway using concrete dividers, freeing up the sidewalk for pedestrians. On the east side, the city converted the existing sidewalk into a bike path. The three-month experiment defied predictions of carmageddon and became a permanent fixture. Thanks to the protected lane and […]

Study: What Puts Cyclists at Greatest Risk? It’s Not What You Wear

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 9, 2015 | 53 Comments

When a cyclist is killed or seriously injured, the responses you hear often pin the blame squarely on the victim. “Why wasn’t she wearing a helmet?” Or, “Why was he wearing dark clothing? ” But according to a new study [PDF] by a team of Canadian university researchers, those factors don’t seem to have much […]

Talking Headways: Pro-Walk Pro-Bike Redux

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 15, 2014 | No Comments

After a week at the Pro-Walk Pro-Bike Pro-Place Conference in Pittsburgh, it was all I could talk about — and luckily, Jeff was an eager audience. In this podcast, Jeff and I talk about the relative utility of a character like Isabella, the new character People for Bikes created to make the case for safe, low-stress […]

How Vancouver Designs Intersections With Bike Lanes to Minimize Conflicts

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 5, 2014 | 37 Comments

For the last installment of our series previewing the Pro-Walk Pro-Bike Pro-Place conference, which starts Monday in Pittsburgh, I talked to Jerry Dobrovolny, transportation director of the city of Vancouver, BC, about how the city designs intersections where there are protected bike lanes. (The interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.) Members of his […]

In Vancouver, Traffic Decreases as Population Rises

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 5, 2013 | 83 Comments

Can we all just pause for a moment and give Vancouver a standing ovation? The perennial contender for the title of world’s most livable city has accomplished what Houston or Atlanta never even dream of: It has reduced traffic on its major thoroughfares even as its population has swelled. How did the city pull off […]