Low Level
Road route

Earlier this year, the Lynn
ck -crossing located ncar
-point of Arborlynn
as:.open to both

and pedestrians.
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‘ommuter route is
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Road near the grain elevators.
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a Dal Santo, .

route.
___ It’s the first official bicycle
route in North Vancouver

City as outlined in the North.

Mnenaalad bicycle master
an.

; Other. bicycle | routes

rolling are located in

the district along Mosquito

Creek from Marine Drive to

~ Queens (a shared trail for
“North Vancouver ° City...
Dave“ Aitchison said:

walkers and cyclists) and a
bike lane along a portion of
‘Mount Seymour Parkway.

. + Dal Santo has been work-

‘ing on a bicycle commuter

network in North Vancouver

City and District for two

Most of the proposed bicy-
vele routes are on roads used

NORTH VANCOUVER
BICYCLE NETWORK

by cars.

“This network is trying to
create routes that are the most
direct, the least hilly and the
least trafficky,” said Dal Santo.

She said __ pedestrians,
cyclists, car drivers and transit
users have to respect: cach
other’s choices.

The Lynn Creek crossing
was completed in March. On
the cast side of the creek
crossing, a road designed for
both cars and bicycles is slated
to be completed by mid-fall.

The road will connect the
bike route to Capilano
College.

Other bicycle routes under
way include a stretch between
Mountain Highway — and

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Arborlynn that will connect to

LEGEND
@@ EXISTING BIKEWAY

BE COMPLETION DATE:
Sept 30th, 1997 -

@@ COMPLETION DATE:
Morch 30th, 1998

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Infrastrocture works program §
proposed epplcatins

traffic, said Dal Santo. s

Six official commuter bicy-
cle routes should be in place
by the spring next year in the
two North Vancouvers.

the Lynn Creek crossing.

Designated bicycle routes
require signage and catch
basement. grate changes. In
some places, such as 27th
Street and Mountain -
Highway, twaffic lights will be
modified so that they will be
sensitive to bicycle traffic, said
Dai Santo.

“The ultimate goal is to
create a network of routes so -
people have the option to
travel from point A to point B
by bicycle,” said Dal Santo. °

“Right now it’s not the
safest place to travel by bicy-
cle.”

The official GVRD figure
for bicycle commuters is 2% of

may Se Dal Santo'at 990.
2453. The e-mail address !
(bike@district rth

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