[Silence&Motion]

CBC: Calgary's 5th Street cycle track keeps breaking records

 

[Surrealplaces]

CBC: Calgary's 5th Street cycle track keeps breaking records

Awesome.

 

[Zoom]

I moved away from Calgary in 1996, and recently moved back. I can't believe the amount of cyclist out there. I'm completely blown away by the change in bike culture in this city.

 

[Cowtown]

Yeah, bigtime changes in the amount of people who cycle to work. I live right nearby one of the new bike lanes in the NW and there are bikes on it all year, even when it's cold.

 

[Beltline_B]

 

[Surrealplaces]

More good news regarding the cycle tracks

Robson Fletcher‏ @CBCFletch
Bike traffic at 5th St. SW underpass now 9.6% of car traffic on average weekday, 22.5% at its peak. #yycbike #yyccc

 

[Surrealplaces]

Cycle tracks getting plenty of use

source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfL2sIIYCF/

 

[Always_Biking]

The Peace Bridge counter has been getting over 2,000 bike trips a day recently! and the cycle tracks have been busy all Spring. This week's counts.

Tue May 17 #yycbike trip counts:
10 St: 792
7 St: 1143
Peace Bridge: 2847
Stephen Ave: 780
8 Ave: 1417
5 St Mdn: 1448
12 Ave Mdn: 1040

on May 16 #yycbike trip counts:
10 St: 761
7 St: 998
Peace Bridge: 2513
Stephen Ave: 692
8 Ave: 1277
5 St Mdn: 1309
12 Ave Mdn: 923

 

[Surrealplaces]

Bridgeland cycle tracks underway.

 

[Surrealplaces]

More success for the cycle track. May's numbers were higher than July's number's, with over 92K trips recorded.

Calgarians sprinting through cycle track pilot records with May numbers

https://www.metronews.ca/news/calga...ords-with-may-numbers.html?platform=hootsuite

 

[bennessb]

Cycle track pilot – A year in review

The cycle track network pilot project has now been in operation for a year. Since opening, we have continued to monitor and make adjustments to the project by improving parking and loading access and improving traffic flow so people can get to their downtown destinations. The Bicycle Ambassador team has been on-street and at events helping Calgarians understand how to walk, bike and drive along the network.

With six months still left before a decision is made by Council on the future of the network, here is what we have seen from the first 12 months:

• 770, 393 total trips counted in three middle locations from June 18, 2015 to June 18, 2016
• 158,400 trips counted in the same three locations during colder months (November 2015-March 2016)
• 68,000 Cycle Track Tips Guides mailed out to Calgarians and found in nine brochure holders along the network
• 24,500 total interactions with Calgarians through our Bike Ambassadors to date
• 1,811 messages received by 311 regarding the pilot project (45 per cent were received before the network opened)
• 758 new bicycle parking spaces installed downtown
• 130 net new parking stalls downtown (to offset the loss along the cycle track routes)
• 27 per cent of people riding are women (an increase from a network average of 20 per cent before the cycle tracks)

Project fast facts:

• 18 months-the total duration of the pilot project
• 6.5 km of separated lanes or shared space along three corridors (12 Avenue S, 8/9 Avenue S.W. and 5 Street S.W.)
• $1.35 million under budget (total cost was $5.75 million, equal to approximately one LRT car)

 

[Surrealplaces]

A few more pics of the Edmonton Trail cycle track

 

[Always_Biking]

It looks like they've halted the construction. Any word on why?

 

[Surrealplaces]

It looks like they've halted the construction. Any word on why?

Construction is ongoing, but is happening further north, just out of the view of the photos.

 

[Surrealplaces]

A few pics of the 12th ave cycle track around 3:00pm. Decently busy considering not peak hours yet.