Bikes Banned on Skytrain during Olympics

https://www.theprovince.com/sports/20...839/story.html

For the last month or so. Vanoc has been telling people to use alternate transportion to get to work and reduce vehicalar traffic into vancouver. The ban on bicycles is for all the expo, millenium and canada lines.

I could understand within the downtown core where the heavyest foot travel is expected but for the entire system is overkill.

We've been banned from bringing bikes on the trains during rush hours. It really sucks for a lot of people that have to go from central LA to the Valley. If they aren't allowed to bring their bikes on board they have to prepare for some real climbing to get to the other side.

There's another post about this already.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...uring-Olympics

Bicycles are also banned from some Olympic venues. So some folk now have to detour to gain some elevation and back down because of that. Way to go VANOC, BC government & Translink!

DC blocks bikes from the metro on those occasions...notably the 4th of July and Inauguration Day. At 9am going out of town on the 4th of July, they wouldn't let me on. Had to go home, drop off the bike, and come back to get on a nearly empty train. Kind of irritating, but in general, the trains are going to be jam packed, and they could fit another 3-4 people on there without a bike in the way. While it would be more reasonable to still allow access to certain points or at certain times, it complicates what is already a very complicated day for the transit system.

Is there anything else they can think of to turn people against the Olympics? There was a Goebbels TV poll today that asked if people thought the games would have a negative or positive effect on BC. Last I saw it was 71% negative. Here's another negative effect.

Are skateboards or scooters allowed? Or rollerblades if you dare on the snow?

I hadn't seen anything banning skateboards. what kind scooters you refering to? as for snow in the city, theres non of it so rollerblade all you want. its a nice sunny 8 C out now.

As far as I'm concerned Vancouver's best years have come and gone... it's been going downhill fast ever since the mid-80's when they started gearing up for Expo '86 (or maybe sooner).

Exactly. What does Vancouver do when hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected? (Olympics) Close roads!!!!
No one here seems to "get it." Go smoke another one and join the masses. This place is an example of how stupidity and mediocrity can rule.

Good bike rides though!!! Just don't get me going on politics. I'm off on a 60Km ride across town tomorrow, mostly on bike dedicated routes, stopping at cafes and markets. With that said, Vancouver isn't all that bad!!!

So to reduce (motor) vehicle traffic they're banning multimodal bike commuters from using the train...forcing many of them to commute via motor vehicle instead. Brilliant!

The Olympics bring out the worst in every city in which they're held.

can't you just take the subway? i've seen a lot of people bring their bikes around 6-8am

Get a folder.

Bikes are already banned on Skytrain at peak hours because it's crazy and almost impossible to try and fit a bike into a jampacked Skytrain car, so I'm not sure who all these multimodal commuters are who are going to be put out by this. I've never heard cyclists complaining about this peak-hour restriction, presumably because none of them want the hassle of taking their bike on a rush-hour skytrain; sensibly they would prefer to just ride it.

If Translink are right in their expectation of big increases in Skytrain ridership during the Olympics - in effect making all hours peak hours - then you have to concede that trying to squeeze your bike on there is just going to make life (more) difficult, if not for you then for all the stressed out people straphanging on the Skytrain.

As far as I can see, the only people who aren't going to struggle a bit with commuting are those who cycle to work (depends on your route I guess). Instead of finding things to ***** about, cyclists should be looking forward to the Olympics. Hopefully a few motorists or bus-riders will dig out their bikes for the two weeks and stick with it afterwards.

Vancouver's by no means a utopia like some Vancouverites seem to think, but it is a marvellous place to ride a bike (if you have somewhere safe to leave it).

It's not great for cyclists but I can understand it and feel it's a reasonable decision. I used to take my bike on the local train all the time and still do once in a while. Getting a bike on and off the train when it's crowded sucks for everyone involved. I won't even attempt to do it before or after a ballgame when the trains are packed like sardine cans.

Makes sense if they expect the trains to be crowded.

I've tried jamming myself and my bike on Denver's light rail during peak hours... it isn't easy and a lot of people get pissed off when you hold up the train while waiting for people to make room at the end of the train. Even more fun when there's already a cyclist at the end of the train.

+1

If the trains are going to be seeing increased ridership then it seems like a smart move.