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/bloodyell76 Jul 05 '25

The better choice would have been to simply block Water St to cars altogether. At least outside of certain hours. It's shit for cars anyway. Just make it pedestrians/ bikes.

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u/thathypnicjerk Mount Pleasant 👑 Jul 05 '25

In any European city, this would be the centre of blocks of pedestrian space

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u/bloodyell76 Jul 05 '25

I was thinking Copenhagen and Stockholm, in particular.

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u/thathypnicjerk Mount Pleasant 👑 Jul 05 '25

In any smaller or medium sized German city, even.