Fort Street Protected Bike Lane (Expanded) - (Victoria, BC - June 2024)

A bicycle ride in the expanded Fort Street protected bike lane in Victoria, BC (June 2024). This is currently the longest protected bike lane in Victoria (3.9 kilometres) which extends across the city from Wharf Street to Foul Bay Road (municipal boundary with Oak Bay).
Highlights include a two-way protected bike lane, one-way protected bike lanes, bicycle signal lights, bike racks, a new public seating area, seven new or upgraded crosswalks, sidewalk updates, new trees, a 40 km/h speed limit, and improved neighbourhood connections.
This video is divided into three sections. In the first section we ride Eastbound in the new section of the Fort Street protected bike lane which extends from Cook Street to Foul Bay Road. This expansion added 2.7 kilometers of protected bike lane. Next we turn around and ride Westbound along the full 3.9 km of Fort Street from Foul Bay Road to Wharf Street. On the Westbound ride you can also briefly see the old streetcar rails in the new seating area between 14:00 and 15:02 mins. Then the final section of the video shows connections to access the new section of the Fort Street protected bike lane.
Length of bike ride: 3.9 km
Construction completed in January 2024
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:05 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane (2021)
0:15 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane Expansion (2024)
0:55 Bike racks
1:05 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
1:17 Bike racks
1:27 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
1:54 Intersection updates at Central Middle School
2:15 Bicycle signal light
2:45 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
2:55 Bike racks
3:05 New public seating area with water fountain
3:15 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
3:30 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
3:50 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
4:00 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
4:25 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
4:35 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
5:15 Bicycle signal light
5:45 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
5:58 Bike racks
6:08 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
6:45 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
6:55 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
9:00 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane (Westbound)
11:25 New bike turn lane and crosswalk
11:37 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
13:00 Bicycle signal light
13:25 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
13:47 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
13:57 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
14:24 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
14:45 New public seating area and crosswalk
15:10 Bike racks
15:20 Bicycle signal light
15:55 Intersection updates at Central Middle School
16:05 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
16:25 Bike racks
16:35 Crosswalk with rapid flashing lights
16:45 Bike racks
16:55 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
17:10 Bicycle signal light
17:20 Bike racks
17:40 Bicycle signal light
17:55 Bike racks
18:05 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
18:20 Bicycle signal light and bike rack
18:40 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
18:52 Bike racks
19:00 Fort Street Protected Bike Lane
19:10 Bicycle signal light
19:30 Bike racks
19:40 Fort Street parklet
19:50 Bicycle signal light and bike rack
20:10 Bike racks and crosswalk
20:30 Bicycle signal light and bike racks
20:40 Bike racks
20:50 Bicycle signal light
21:10 Wharf Street protected bike lane
21:25 Connection: Leighton Rd and Chestnut St
22:20 Connection: Gladstone Ave (towards Fernwood Square)
22:55 Connection: Linden Ave
23:29 Connection: Yates St and Fernwood Rd
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City of Victoria: Victoria’s Longest Stretch of Protected Bike Lanes Open on Fort Street
www.victoria.ca/city-governme...
City of Victoria: Cycling Network Expands on Fort Street
www.victoria.ca/media/file/20...
Filmed on a Tern HSD cargo bicycle.
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