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Cycling
The City of North Vancouver supports cycling as a healthy, efficient and non-polluting transportation option for both commuter and recreational cyclists. In keeping with the vision outlined in the Official Community Plan, the City is working to improve the bicycle route network and provide facilities to encourage cycling.
The Joint Bicycle Advisory Committee (JBAC) is represented by residents and staff members from the City and District of North Vancouver, who meet to discuss and resolve cycling-related issues in North Vancouver.
Bike to Work Week Award
In June 2009, the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC) challenged municipal councils to bike to work during Bike to Work Week (May 11 to 17) in a friendly competition with other councils in the region.
During the week, the City of North Vancouver, led by Mayor Mussatto, had the best participation rate of all the Metro Vancouver municipal councils. The award recognizes the City's leadership and participation in supporting cycling as an active, healthy, alternative form of transportation.
North Vancouver Bicycle Master Plan
The North Vancouver Bicycle Master Plan was endorsed by Council in 1996, and identified routes and programs to encourage bicycle use in North Vancouver. In 2006, the Plan was updated considering two key goals: to increase bicycle trips and to improve safety for cyclists.
For more information please read through the following:
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Cycling Projects
The City is working to improve the bicycle route network and provide facilities to encourage cycling. Photos of recently completed cycling projects can be viewed in our online Cycling Projects Photo Gallery.
Completed Projects:
- Red Bike Box at Cotton Road and Kennard Avenue - This bicycle facility will help cyclists make the left turn from Cotton Road onto the Low Level Road. Cyclists can activate the signal using the cyclist push button.
- Bike Lanes on Esplanade - The City has installed almost 500 meters of new bike lanes along West Esplanade between Chesterfield and Forbes.
- Bike Lanes over Lynn Creek - To help cyclists get to the District of North Vancouver and access the Second Narrows bridge, the City recently completed installing bike lanes over the Lynn Creek bridge. Due to the limited width of the bridge, eastbound cyclists are directed onto the sidewalk for approximately 60 meters and then back onto the roadway.
- Red Bike Box at the intersection of Marine Drive, Bewicke Avenue, Keith Road and West 3rd Street - This bicycle facility will allow cyclists to turn left from Keith Road and travel south on Bewicke Avenue through the use of an indirect left turn.
- Red Bike Box at the intersection of West 2nd Street and Bewicke Avenue - This bicycle facility will allow cyclists to turn left from West 2nd Street and travel north on Bewicke through the use of an indirect left turn.
Current Projects:
- Bike lanes on West 2nd Street - As part of our continuing improvements to our Low Level Bicycle Route we will be painting an additional 700 meters of bicycle lanes to help cyclists get across the City.
- Bike lanes on Larson Road Larson Road provides a key connection in the west side of the City. Bike lanes together with other facilities, such as cyclist activated signals and a bike box, are being designed for Larson Road to help increase safely for cyclist using this connection.
Bicycle Trip Planning Tools
The City is in the process of updating the North Vancouver Bicycle Map. For other trip planning resources, visit the links below:
Bike Racks
Through a contract with C-Media, the City provides bicycle racks with commercial advertising through the City. The funds accrued from the Commercial Bike Rack Program are used to support City initiatives that promote cycling as an alternate mode of transportation. To request a bike rack on City property email eng@cnv.org.
Why Bike Lanes?
By improving the safety of bike facilities and demonstrating the importance of cycling on major routes by delineating bike lanes, the City of North Vancouver aims to encourage greater use of bicycle as a mode of transportation for local and regional commuter trips and provide improved recreational opportunities and alternative transportation options. These improved facilities are also a way of enticing recreational cyclists to become commuter cyclists.
Studies have repeatedly found that the most significant deterrent to cycling is "fear of traffic". Improving cycling facilities, such as the installation of more bike paths/lanes, will not only help minimise conflicts between cyclists and other vehicles but also increase the number of bicycle trips.
A bike lane is wide, signed lane marked with a large white bicycle stencil on the pavement. The lane is restricted to bicycle travel. On streets where there is on-street parking, bike lanes run to the left of parked vehicles. On streets without parking, bike lanes run alongside the curb.
By providing a delineated bike lane it will improve cyclist safety by reducing potential conflicts between vehicular and bicycle traffic in the existing shared curb lane. The presence of clearly defined bike lane will also encourage vehicular traffic to travel a safe distance from the path of cyclists.
Additional benefits to improving the cycling infrastructure means improvements to the overall health of our community; also less motorised congestion on roads will lead to improvements in our economic well-being.
Cycling Links
Potholes on your bike route? To report a pothole email ahudson@cnv.org.
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