Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vancouver

In Vancouver, Traffic Decreases as Population Rises

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 5, 2013 | No Comments

Can we all just pause for a moment and give Vancouver a standing ovation? The perennial contender for the title of world’s most livable city has accomplished what Houston or Atlanta never even dream of: It has reduced traffic on its major thoroughfares even as its population has swelled. How did the city pull off […]

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Perfect Match: Metro Vancouver Melds Bikes and Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 24, 2012 | No Comments

Last month Streetfilms took a look at how Vancouver is making big strides toward becoming a safe bicycling city. As we learned while in town for the Velo-City 2012 conference, the city government is not alone — it has a great partner in the regional transportation agency, TransLink, which provides transit service for 22 regional municipalities, plus funding […]

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Vancouver’s Velo Vision: Safe Biking for All Ages

By Elizabeth Press | Sep 27, 2012 | No Comments

In June, the city of Vancouver hosted the Velo-City Global 2012 Conference, where international cycling planners, professionals and advocates convened. Streetfilms partnered with the city to produce this video about Vancouver’s investment in bicycling. Easy and convenient transportation is key to their status as one of the world’s most livable and sustainable cities. In 2010 […]

Study: Vancouver Merchants Badly Misjudge Effect of Protected Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Aug 10, 2011 | 11 Comments

Few groups speak more loudly in debates over the reallocation of street space than local businesses. In New York, there are merchants who vocally favor a better environment for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit, but all it takes are a few firm believers in easy car access to dictate the terms of the public debate. Case […]

Selling Bike-Ped Infrastructure: Vancouver Shows How It’s Done

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2010 | 14 Comments

Now for some positive cycling news. Vancouver, British Columbia, in response to an infrastructure-driven jump in ridership, is installing a new separated two-way bike corridor on downtown’s Dunsmuir Street. The project itself, part of an eventual network of protected lanes, seems impressive enough. But as this video shows, the would-be "greenest city in the world" […]

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Vancouver Gives Cyclists a Lane on the Burrard Bridge

By Ben Fried | May 10, 2010 | No Comments

Streetfilms’ Vancouver correspondent Frank Lopez reports on a development that will sow envy in the heart of anyone who walks or bikes over the narrow, congested paths of the Brooklyn and Pulaski bridges: It’s been 15 years since Vancouver residents started petitioning for a bike lane on one of the bridges that connects to downtown. […]