Bike route profiles
The City of Vancouver now has more than 300 lane kilometres of on-and off-street bicycle routes, including 10 new bike lanes downtown. Bike routes may be on painted bike lanes, on local street bikeways with traffic calming measures, or on off-street paths. Get on your bike, explore the network and see how easy it can be to get around the city.
Cycling Routes
- 10th Ave Bikeway
The 10th Avenue Bikeway is a 7 km east/west route that follows 10th Avenue, from Victoria Drive in the east to Trafalgar Street in the - 29th Ave Bikeway
The 29th Avenue Bikeway is an 8 km route between Ontario Street and the UBC Endowment Lands. - Adanac Bikeway
The Adanac Bikeway is a 5.5 km route on Union and Adanac Streets on the north- east side of the city. - Balaclava Bikeway
The Balaclava Bikeway provides a north/south connection on the west side of the city passing through the Kitsilano and Dunbar/Southlands neighbourhoods. - BC Parkway
This 20 km recreational bikeway and pedestrian route follows residential streets and separate pathways adjacent to the SkyTrain from False Creek in Vancouver, through Burnaby all the way to Westminster Quay on the Fraser River in the City of New Westminster. - Cassiar
The 1.7 km long Cassiar Bikeway is an important connection between Adanac Bikeway and the Ironworkers Memorial - Second Narrows Bridge. - Central Valley
Central Valley is an inter-urban cycling and pedestrian facility linking important regional destinations in Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster. - Cypress Bikeway
The Cypress Bikeway is a north/south bike route on the west side of the city that uses Cypress Street and Angus Drive to connect English Bay and the Fraser River. - Gladstone Bikeway
The Gladstone Bikeway is a 1.7 km north/south bike route that follows Gladstone Street from Vanness Avenue to 38th Avenue. - Heather Bikeway
The Heather Bikeway is a north/south bike route that uses Heather Street to connect the Off-Broadway Bikeway at 7th Ave with the Midtown/Ridgeway Bikeway/Greenway at 37th Avenue. - Inverness Bikeway
The Inverness Bikeway is a 2.8 km north/south bike route that follows Inverness Street from the existing Midtown/Ridgeway Bikeway to SE Marine Drive. - Kent Bikeway
The Kent Avenue Bikeway is a 7 km east/west route on Kent Avenue South, from Ontario to Crompton and Kent Avenue North, from Crompton to Boundary. - Lakewood Bikeway
This north/south bikeway on the east side of the city originally connected the BC Parkway at John Hendry Park (Trout Lake) and the Adanac Bikeway. - Midtown & Ridgeway
Both routes are east/west routes and are located, for the most part, along 37th Avenue. They intersect the SW Marine, Cypress, Heather, Ontario, Sunrise and BC Parkway Bikeways. - Mosaic Bikeway
The Mosaic Bikeway is a 1.5 km north/south bike route in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood and connects the Adanac Bikeway with the B.C. Parkway. - Off-Broadway
The bikeway uses 7th and 8th Avenues and connects the Ontario Bikeway with UBC. It passes through the West Point Grey, Kitsilano, Fairview and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods. - Ontario Bikeway
The Ontario Bikeway is a north/south bike route that connects False Creek to the southern sections of Vancouver. This 6.5 km bikeway intersects the Seaside, Off-Broadway, BC Parkway, Midtown and Ridgeway Bikeways. - Pender Street
The cycling facilities on Pender Street are Vancouver's first on-street facilities in the downtown and provide a route from Cardero Street to Carrall Street with a traveling time of approximately 11 minutes. - Portside Bikeway
The Portside Bikeway is located in the northeast corner of the city on Wall Street. It intersects the Lakewood and Sunrise Bikeways through the Grandview-Woodlands and Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhoods. - Seaside Route
Seaside is primarily a recreational route along the waterfront of Burrard Inlet, English Bay and False Creek with spectacular views of the mountains and ocean from the beaches and waterfront paths. - SW Marine Bikeway
Southwest Marine follows the shoulders of South West Marine Drive in the south west corner of the city between Camosun Street in the west and Granville Street in the east. - Sunrise Bikeway
The Sunrise bikeway is a north/south route located in the eastern part of the city. - Trans-Canada Trail
The Trans Canada Trail runs right through Vancouver from Burnaby to the Seabus Terminal in downtown Vancouver via the Portside, Lakewood, Adanac and Seaside Bikeways. - Valley Bikeway
The 3.8 km Valley Bikeway provides a comfortable north/south connection from Trafalgar St at York Ave to Valley Dr at 33rd Ave. - Windsor Bikeway
The Windsor Bikeway is a 4.3 km north/south bike route that follows Glen Drive and Windsor Street from Great Northern Way to 43rd Avenue and was chosen for its close proximity to Knight Street. - Yukon Bikeway
The Yukon Bikeway is a north/south route that follows Yukon Street providing a connection to the 10th Avenue and 29th Avenue Bikeways.
Bikes on public transit
Most TransLink buses are equipped with bike racks and bikes are also allowed on board SkyTrain and the Westcoast Express (conditions apply). Combining cycling and transit is a great way to get around. Check out the transit routes and see how you might incorporate them with the cycle routes.
More information on bikes and transit is available from TransLink.