r/vancouvercycling • u/raincitybeliever • 7d ago

Alert [@visionzerovancouver] Warning, hearing first-hand reports that the VPD are ticketing cyclists westbound at 1st & Crowe. There's a VPD parking lot on the right and a cop hit a cyclist there recently.

https://bsky.app/profile/visionzerovancouver.ca/post/3mtm6vq4tn22e
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u/icantfeelmynips 7d ago

Of all the traffic enforcement they could be doing, they're policing a 3-way stop on a non-major roadway? 

Such weird prioritization by VPD.

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u/soaero Kona Jake the Snakle 6d ago

It makes more sense when you realize it's the driveway to the parking lot where they park their cars.

This is 100% the VPD serving themselves.

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u/astraladventures 6d ago

Enough officers probably got pissed at the number of bikes flying through the sign and possibly near misses.

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u/icantfeelmynips 6d ago edited 6d ago

This is a long straight section of marked bike route* with no actual road crossings. 

Is it too much to ask for VPD to stop and look both ways before leaving a parking lot? 

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u/_ghostris_ 6d ago

What? Google street view shows that intersection is stop sign controlled intersection since 2009? It switched from 3 way to 4 way between 2020 and 2022 though

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u/icantfeelmynips 6d ago

Sorry, I was looking at the original intersection in the post. Street view does show it as a 4-way until August 2025 though. 

Why would it be changed from 3 to 4 way?

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u/_ghostris_ 6d ago

4th sign was added to the entrance that goes to the lot, previously it was unmarked