THE BICYCLE HIGHWAY
kick-starting sustainable transportation
kevin zhang
50% 40% $3.0m 800km 5km $5,000 2%
increase in population by percentage of total GHG 2040 in metro vancouver emitted by automobiles
annual budget for bicycle infrastructure
current bike network + proposal intensity 1:100,000 nlow nmedium nhigh 1.5000
10
0
total length of bike facilities in metro vancouver
maximum distance travelled for half of all trips
individual annual savings if driving replaced with walking or biking
percentage of trips via
nlow intensity situation 1:75
nmedium intensity situation 1:75
nhigh intensity situation 1:75
1 kingsway bridge perspective
2 telus-skytrain connection
3 boundary bridge perspective
100
3 95
100
10
10
5
5
110
2
1
115
y a w s g n i k
110
boundary
4
plan + route diagrams 1:2,000 0
10
50
skytrain 35.500000
ave speed: 70km/hr track density: 100ppl/km exit every: 3000m operation hrs: 19hrs/day
commercial
ave size: 1600sqft attached to bike highway encourage vertical travel
bicycle highway ave speed: 20km/hr track density: 600ppl/km exit every: 0-60m operation hrs: 24hrs/day
residential
ave size: 800sqft attached to bc parkway encourage cross corridor movement
bc parkway
ave speed: 5km/hr track density: infinite exit every: 0m operation hrs: 24hrs/day
4 bicycle station + development
bicycle station section 1:50
bicycle station plan 1:50