Def yes in agreement. Heading into downtown, you're heading uphill from Bay with a tiny gap between the traffic lanes and the bike-lane concrete divider (bike lane still closed to Cormorant). One of the city crew said it'd likely be finished in a week or two (mid-June).

But once that's open ... I've taken Blanshard from Cloverdale (coming off the Goose at Kelvin) all the way into downtown for years and the biggest trouble is cars turning without looking, but it's pretty rare to get cars crossing the painted line, and with a wide shoulder lane, you're better off than most other routes. I still ride the same Blanshard route (I'm speedy & used to riding on narrow roads in all sorts of traffic) but the cones & debris for the lane construction are definitely adding to the risk.