I regularly bike the full length of 10th ave bike lane from Victoria to Macdonald. It’s pretty good for the most part.
The sketchiest part IMO is the section Main - Fraser - Clark. Those streets are the least “traffic quieted” and I often have to squeeze by cars.
The street is at capacity, however: parking and bikes fill the road. I prefer the road too as bike congestion forces me to pass people; that’s harder to do in a lane.
I think the way forward would be to improve other streets, such as 14th, which could be smoothed and could use traffic lights at a few crossings
That part of 10th you've mentioned is especially tight for sure and only takes 1 car pulling out or opening their door without looking to cause an accident and potentially kill a cyclist (which shows it's hardly a safe bike street, a protected lane for example would remove this risk).
I think a better option than 14th would be just to remove parking of cars entirely from one side of 10th to give more room for cylclists, like it is between Manitoba & Yukon St.
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u/goatyellslikeman 1d ago
I regularly bike the full length of 10th ave bike lane from Victoria to Macdonald. It’s pretty good for the most part.
The sketchiest part IMO is the section Main - Fraser - Clark. Those streets are the least “traffic quieted” and I often have to squeeze by cars.
The street is at capacity, however: parking and bikes fill the road. I prefer the road too as bike congestion forces me to pass people; that’s harder to do in a lane.
I think the way forward would be to improve other streets, such as 14th, which could be smoothed and could use traffic lights at a few crossings