https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-bridge-cyclist-wire-allegations
Someone might have been very angry with bike people and not with car & truck people. The real problem is that so much of the older BC infrastructure just wasn't designed to be more of a multi-modal crossing.
The Ironworkers-Bridge is so narrow for a bride in that location & wasn't designed for substantial future capacity. When it was initially designed in the 1950s, there was no concept to have 2 bus lanes, 2 truck lanes & 2 emergency lanes. Plus, at least 2 general traffic lanes each way & a provision for 2 train tracks. Thus, the 6 lane bridge is overwhelmed, because it can't do the job of an 8-10 lane wide bridge.
Hopefully, it can be replace with something like the Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-montreals-new-44-billion-champlain-bridge-opens-to-traffic-for Fortunatly, the Vancouver mentality wasn't able to ever reach Montreal & prevent such a nice modern bridge from being built there. https://www.flatironcorp.com/project/champlain-bridge
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/granville-bridge-connector.aspx A bike & foot bridge should have been built next to it decades ago. Then the Granville Bridge could have 3 general lanes each way, plus a bus & HOV lane each way. Instead, if 2 bus & HOV lanes are designated, there will only be 2 general lanes each way.
The Burrard Bridge should have had a bike & foot bride next to it. Instead, it was reduced from a 6 lane crossing to a 4 lane bridge.
The very narrow Oak Street Bridge & the Knight Street Bridge, should have had bus & bike bridges next to them decades ago.
Most bridges in Vancouver & the metropolitan region just weren't designed with that much future capacity in mind. Thus, it's a travesty that by now, almost every crossing should have had bus & bike bridges next to them.
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/walk-bike-and-transit.aspx Unfortunatly, provisions for bus & bike lanes just weren't the thing to do several decades ago.
A truck lane is just as important as a bus & HOV lane. That's because freight should be efficiently & easily be transported in any major urban region.
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/trucks-commercial-and-oversize-vehicles.aspx
