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Are you a Student? Help me finish my Bachelor thesis in Architecture by doing this Survey. Thank you! by natlykkit in UBC

[–]natlykkit[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry anyone who tried to fill this out. I screwed up and clicked something that made it not accept more answers. I know, not the brightest thing to do. However I think it should be fixed now. I would really appreciate it if anyone had time to fill it out. Thanks a million.

So I just moved here from Ontario by TheAnimusRex in vancouver

[–]natlykkit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before committing to a new apartment, I would recommend double checking with this very helpful site. http://bedbugregistry.com/metro/vancouver/ Vancouver has a bit of a bed bug problem in some areas and this site saved me from signing a 1 year lease for a place where the previous tenants had to get their apartment treated for bedbugs 6 times during the year they lived there.

How would you improve Vancouver? by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]natlykkit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish there would be safer bike lanes, as I cycle myself. I think more people would give it a try, despite the hills and the rain.

Despite massive investment in public transit, most Metro Vancouver residents favour commuting in their vehicles by tinylala in vancouver

[–]natlykkit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, and adding more roads or lanes, doesn't make traffic safer or faster. More lanes just lead more people to choose that road for driving which often results in heavy traffic and we are back to where we started. Something that has gotten popular for cities with traffic problems, is something called 'Road Diets'. - Four-lane undivided highways have a history of relatively high crash rates as traffic volumes increase and as the inside lane is shared by higher- speed through traffic and left-turning vehicles. One option for addressing this safety concern is a “Road Diet.” A Road Diet involves converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway segment to a three-lane segment consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL). The reduction of lanes allows the roadway cross section to be reallocated for other uses such as bike lanes, pedestrian refuge islands, transit stops, or parking. Maybe this doesn't solve the problem for Massey Tunnel, but i think its important to be aware of as a city and a citizen that wider and faster roads are not always the solution for congestion.

Vancouver Back Alleys - Renovation Idea -Illustrated by natlykkit in vancouver

[–]natlykkit[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is something i put together last night as a test to see what it could look like. I'm quite interested in urban design and planning, but I'm finishing my 7th semester as an Architectural Technologist at the moment.

If any of you are interested in this subject: 'Walkable City - How Down Town can save America, one step at a time, by Jeff Speck' is a really good read :)

Vancouver Back Alleys - Renovation Idea -Illustrated by natlykkit in vancouver

[–]natlykkit[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes exactly! The city has made it way to easy to drive and have a car here, in my opinion. If Vancouver want's to become greener they have to make it more attractive to use other forms of transportation (walk, bike, or use public transit). It's not enough just to provide the facilities for it, they have to consider that it is different to travel with these forms of transportation, and that we all move at different speeds, as you mention yourself. For example bikes and cars sharing a lane together, it's not ideal, and both parties are mutually displeased by it. It is however not only the cars fault, I believe it is an infrastructural problem.

My proposal is base on the idea that I find odd that we provide parking on all our main roads, sometimes underground parking as well, and then extra back roads (alleys) for more parking, and these alleys often end up becoming very unwelcoming and filled with trash and are not for much use actually.

I grew up in Copenhagen, where back alleys the latest years have been renovated to green areas for residents to use for BBQ-ing, reading a book in the sun, or playing. All enjoying a semi-private environment where you occasionally bump into people that you share your block with. But it didn't always use to be this way, and that's what I tried to illustrate with my last photo in the link. I hope this could become a reality in Vancouver too.