Are the parking signs placed beside some Vancouver bike lanes leaving drivers confused?
That was one of the questions debated online over the Easter weekend after a Reddit user shared a picture of a Tesla illegally parked in a bike lane downtown.
The picture was taken near Dunsmuir and Beatty streets, where an intermittent line of planters separates cyclists from cars.
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But years after the bylaw was updated, lawyer Kyla Lee, who deals with a variety of driving infractions, told CTV News she still hears from many motorists who are confused while trying to access legal parking spots adjacent to bike lanes.
“I think it’s a failure of the city’s engineering to create the bike lanes the way they are, without having them physically separated from the roadway,” said Lee, who works with B.C. Driving Lawyers and Acumen Law.
In a statement, the City of Vancouver pointed out that the Dunsmuir bike lane is “highlighted with green paint, signage and bike stencils on the pavement.”
None of the dozens of tickets issued for stopping in a bike lane this year have been given out at that particular location, the city added, which suggests “the majority of drivers seem to understand there is a bike lane where the Tesla is parked.”
