{"id":2287,"date":"2010-12-08T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T02:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:19:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:19:16","slug":"hornby-bike-lane-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/hornby-bike-lane-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornby Bike Lane is OPEN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hornby Bike Lane officially opened on\u00a07th December 2010. So ends a ridiculous fight in which business owners resisted a bike lane that could potentially save lives, in order to save 158 parking spots! (And cyclophobes resisted it because they think 1% of Vancouver road space is already far too much for cyclists.) The reality is that there is still <a href=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/lack-parking-hornby-street-businesses-complaining\/\" target=\"_blank\">PLENTY of parking in the area<\/a> &#8211; actually, more than enough for cars, but not enough for bikes!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10822\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001A08J9S\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001A08J9S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=avejoecyc0e-20&amp;linkId=ORFILB34UVW4VG3E\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/hornby-bike-lane-is-open\/hornby-under-construction-30-oct-2010-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1288447603&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly &#8211; but camera-shy &#8211; construction worker.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly &#8211; but camera-shy &#8211; construction worker.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10822 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg\" alt=\"The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly - but camera-shy - construction worker.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/hornby-bike-lane-is-open\/hornby-under-construction-30-oct-2010-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1288447603&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly &#8211; but camera-shy &#8211; construction worker.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly &#8211; but camera-shy &#8211; construction worker.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10822 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly - but camera-shy - construction worker.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Hornby-under-construction-30-Oct-20101.jpg?resize=250%2C187&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Hornby Bike Lane under construction on 30th October 2010. I spoke with this very friendly &#8211; but camera-shy &#8211; construction worker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Hornby Bike Lane was approved unanimously by Vancouver City Council on 5<sup>th<\/sup> October 2010. Another giant step forward in making cycling safe for all in Vancouver! Another coup for <a href=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/gregor-robertson-safe-bike-routes-vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Gregor Robinson and Vision Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very controversial Hornby Bike Lane is now open in Vancouver!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[171,183],"tags":[48,19,119],"class_list":{"0":"post-2287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling-infrastructure","8":"category-metro-vancouver-bike-routes","9":"tag-gregor-robertson","10":"tag-hornby-street","11":"tag-separate-bike-lanes","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hornby Bike Lane is OPEN! 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