Lucy M
Vancouver's Park Board is voting tomorrow night on a motion to immediately remove the separated bike lane from Stanley Park Drive. This is a really terrible idea for so many reasons, including the budget pressure already being felt by ABC in trying to fund its election promises. The fiscally responsible choice would be to leave the lane in place until a redesign is both ready to implement and fully funded.
It is also quite extraordinary that the removal of the lane will take place during the two weeks the Stanley Park sea wall is closed for annual routine cliff-stabilisation works, which commence tomorrow.
Please email [email protected] today and tell the Commissioners that you oppose this motion and a sentence or two about what safe cycling on Stanley Park Drive means to you.
Please also come to the Park Board on Beach Avenue at the entrance to Stanley Park tomorrow night. Cyclists will be gathering outside the Park Board Offices during tomorrow night's meeting, which starts at 6.30 pm, to demonstrate our opposition to the motion. The forecast is clear and cold so dress up warmly.
More information at lovethelane.ca
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Dec 4, 2022 at 6:14pmWeb
Show threadPseudoSpockDec 4, 2022
@Lucyincanada No. The park is for everyone, not just you cyclists.
Show threadrolandDec 6, 2022
@Lucyincanada thanks for your hard work on this. And thanks to all who have lobbied for a safe Stanley Park ride for all! Can't make it tonight. Stay warm :-) !
Show threadLucy MDec 6, 2022
@roland thanks friend.
Show threadSafe Street RebelDec 6, 2022
@Lucyincanada If they do take away the bike lane, we have found that getting 50+ people biking together at a leisurely pace can make any road safe for bikes and remind drivers that separated bike infrastructure helps them, too
Show threadLucy MDec 6, 2022
@SafeStreetRebel I'm looking forward to lots of "people-protected" bike rides in the right lane of Stanley Park Drive in the lead up to "summer 2023" the deadline for ABC's campaign promise to reinstate an improved separated bike lane on Stanley Park Drive.
Show threadSafe Street RebelDec 6, 2022

@Lucyincanada why wait? start riding now!! block the road, make it impossible to ignore this or move on. plus you get to build a community of bikers that demand better. we started doing this on the Great Highway when they put cars back on it and in the year since we've built the beginning of someone special

@bikegridnow is another group doing similar things, would love to see one in Vancouver

Show threadLucy MDec 6, 2022
@SafeStreetRebel @bikegridnow I haven't eaten breakfast yet because this morning I've done a radio interview, got my kids to school, volunteered on our #SchoolStreet and had a meeting with the principal of our school in my capacity as PAC Chair but I'll get onto it asap. I love your enthusiasm!
Show threadSafe Street RebelDec 6, 2022
@Lucyincanada ofc haha there are a million things to organize! and no one person can do it alone, that's a quick path to burnout. just that we've found a lot of value being in the street and taking up space. feels a lot better than meeting after meeting where bad things keep happening