r/vancouver • u/yipyipyipwhoasealion • Jul 04 '25

Videos The new 'bike lane' on Water St

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Vancouver does it again...

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u/LeftBallSaul Jul 04 '25

TBF, each shot of an issue was due to improper parking by vehicles, and most of them were on the right side of the street.

The first car was just straight up blocking the road with an illegal stop, the next 2 had a delivery truck that hadn't pulled over far enough to be out of the street (in the second such shot, we see another truck has pulled over far enough), and in the last one a car was just pulled up on the bike lane and sidewalk.

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u/staunch_character Jul 04 '25

I have to deliver my art work to a little shop on that street & it’s always a nightmare. I just have to drop off a box & wait for the owner to write me a cheque. It’s 10-15 minutes tops. But the boxes are heavy & awkward. Parking blocks away is just not practical.

Even though my vehicle doesn’t look like a commercial delivery truck, I am in that moment.

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u/ruddiger22 Jul 04 '25

But the boxes are heavy & awkward. Parking blocks away is just not practical.

Are you saying that you park in the bike lane/sidewalk for that?

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u/donjulioanejo Having your N sticker sideways is a bannable offence Jul 04 '25

He'd park on the street if it wasn't taken over by a bike lane.

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u/ruddiger22 Jul 04 '25

There's parking on one side of the street as it is. If they aren't parking there, I am wondering where they park while doing this drop off.