TEAM on cycling: review the Granville Connector and Stanley Park bike lanes
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would build safe, low-traffic, cross-town bike routes, review the Granville Bridge Connector and the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, ask for secure bike storage at transit stops and schools, and enforce rules against cycling on sidewalks.
TRANSPORTATION
Cycling: what the Our Positions says
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it wants to make cycling safer and more attractive while planning for cars and trucks too. Its cycling list favours routes on quieter streets that cross the city and connect to each other, with better signs, lighting and paint, and promotion of those routes on the City website.
TEAM would also review projects it calls contentious, naming the Granville Bridge Connector and the bike lanes in Stanley Park and on Beach Avenue, along with traffic lane closures. It would review where street parking was removed for bike and scooter share stations that it says are little used. In each case it would consult the neighbourhoods, businesses and road users affected.
Other items deal with safety and training. TEAM would ask for secure, sheltered bike storage at major transit stops, bus loops and schools, use education and enforcement against conflicts between people walking and cycling on sidewalks, and work with two other elected bodies: the Park Board on bike markings in parks and the School Board on teaching elementary students the cycling rules in the Motor Vehicle Act.
City streets, bike lanes and their signs are designed and paid for by the city, so Council can act on routes and reviews alone. Storage at transit stops needs TransLink, park paths need the Park Board, and school training needs the School Board.
8 COMMITMENTS
What the party says it would do
Safe, low-traffic cross-town bike routes
TEAM would prioritize safe, low-traffic, cost-effective cross-town and connected cycling routes with better signs, lighting and pavement painting.
- Who has the power
- City Council The city owns and designs its streets and bike routes.
Promote cycling routes on the City website
The party would promote cycling routes on the City website.
- Who has the power
- City Council The city runs its own website.
Review the Granville Bridge Connector and Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes
TEAM would review contentious projects such as the Granville Bridge Connector, the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, and traffic lane closures, consulting with affected neighbourhoods, businesses and road users.
- Who has the power
- City, with others Council controls city streets and bridges, while roads inside Stanley Park are under the Park Board.
Review lane closures and parking removed for share depots
The party would review traffic lane closures and the removal of street parking for bike and scooter share depots it calls under-used, consulting with local neighbourhoods and businesses.
- Who has the power
- City Council The city controls street space and parking on its streets.
Secure bike storage at transit stops, bus loops and schools
TEAM would advocate for secure, sheltered bicycle storage at major transit stops, bus loops and schools.
- Who has the power
- City, with others Transit stations are run by TransLink and schools by the School Board, so the city can only ask them.
Education and enforcement on sidewalk cycling
The party would tackle conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists on public sidewalks through education and enforcement.
- Who has the power
- City, with others The city can run education and enforce its own street bylaws, while traffic enforcement is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.
Clear bike markings in parks
TEAM would work with the Park Board to make sure pavement markings that regulate bicycles in parks are clearly visible and maintained.
- Who has the power
- Park Board Paths inside parks are run by the Park Board.
Cycling rules training for elementary students
The party would work with the School Board so elementary students receive training on the rules for cyclists under the Motor Vehicle Act.
- Who has the power
- School Board School programs are decided by the Board of Education.
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Where the power sits for this chapter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about cycling
Would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver remove the Stanley Park bike lane?
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would review the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, the Granville Bridge Connector and traffic lane closures, consulting with affected neighbourhoods, businesses and road users. The party describes this as a review with consultation (TEAM Transportation page).
What kind of bike routes does TEAM support?
TEAM says it would prioritize safe, low-traffic, cost-effective cross-town routes that connect to each other, with better signs, lighting and pavement painting, and would promote them on the City website (TEAM Transportation page).
What would TEAM do about bikes on sidewalks?
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would tackle conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists on public sidewalks through education and enforcement (TEAM Transportation page).
Does TEAM support bike and scooter share stations?
TEAM says it would review the removal of street parking for bike and scooter share depots that it calls under-used, together with traffic lane closures, and would consult local neighbourhoods and businesses (TEAM Transportation page).
Who would TEAM work with on cycling?
TEAM says it would work with the Park Board on clear bike markings in parks, with the School Board on cycling rules training for elementary students, and would ask for secure bike storage at transit stops, bus loops and schools. Council controls city streets and bike routes (TEAM Transportation page).
ON THE BALLOT
The TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidates behind this
Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
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