This 18-storey tower is being planned for 22576 and 22588 Brown Avenue (just east of Edge St.), which is a designated bike route. There are several more towers planned for Brown, and it looks like Brown will be a busy street. Before the Council meeting on Nov. 25, I sent the following e-mail to Coun. Masse (and alerted Coun. Bell to this issue on facebook): From a cycling perspective Im concerned about the towers and further densification planned for Brown Ave. This is a designated bike route, but no bike lanes are planned according to the recently adopted 20-year Transportation Plan. There will be on-street parking, which can make on-road cycling rather challenging for the average cyclist as traffic increases. If at a later stage the decision is made to add bike lanes, will the street be wide enough to add bike lanes WITH A BUFFER between parked cars and bike lanes? Bike lanes in the door zones of cars are some of the most dangerous types of bicycle facilities. Its important to plan for this now. Especially since cyclists dont have a whole lot of safe east-west options. Some day in the not too far future we wont be allowed anymore on the sidewalk either, which will further limit our options (its just a matter of time. There is no doubt in my mind thatll happen). I also mentioned the need for bike lanes in my e-mail to Council of November 10, 2013 regarding the other tower (2012-115-RZ): Since Brown Ave. is a bike route, I expect that the Engineering Department will at some point be planning to add bike lanes, since over time, with increased density, traffic volumes will increase. Perhaps it may make sense to make added bike lanes part of the rezoning requirements for this development. The present road design requires cyclists to take the lane. Definitely not AAA (all ages all abilities) infrastructure...I actually saw an artists rendering attached to the staff report with a cyclist riding on the sidewalk... mrtimes/news/proposed-maple-ridge-high-rise-moves-to-next-step-1.1623402
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:40:26 +0000
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