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I live in the Northwest Neighborhood and frequently ride my bicycle to downtown Vancouver. The ride is easy and is now even easier with completion of the Columbia Street bike lane and especially the new pavement. One issue that continues is that street edges, where the bike lanes are, tend to accumulate trash and leaves. This makes riding in the bike lanes and sides of streets dangerous. More frequent street cleaning - or at least bike lane cleaning - would make bike riding safer for everyone.


Also, although I enjoy riding the Burnt Bridge Creek bike lane and trail from end to end, it does not connect with enough north-south bike lanes. I cannot readily use the trail to reach shopping areas east of I-5, such as the proposed Heights area, Mill Plain east of I-205, or 164th Ave/Columbia Tech center. It is also difficult to connect to the 205 bridge to use the bike trail across to Oregon (or returning from Oregon).

I look forward to improvements to crossing the Columbia with a new bridge crossing.

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Cw w over 2 years ago
I agree with all points made and would love it if all licensed drivers were re-educated on things like, what hand signals mean, what and how to use green spaces, (drivers  seems confused on how to share these spaces, or who has right of way especially on the new Columbia street corridor),  I ride my bike over 120 miles a week and have seen my life flash before my eyes many  times as drives don’t seem to respect bicyclists. I have had people cut me off, turn left in front of me, seemingly on purpose run the traffic signals, as I am crossing legally. It is getting scary to commute with respect for earth. I don’t want to have to burn gas for a short trip just to stay alive. Something need done ASAP. 
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