The City of Vancouver has reached an agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway that will transform a contentious stretch of old rail corridor into a public greenway.
Under the deal, the city will pay $55 million to purchase the land on the railway route, which extends for nine kilometres from False Creek near Downtown Vancouver to Marpole on the city's south side.
— CBC News
Once the unofficial home to community gardens and in situ artworks, under the city's plan the Vancouver's Arbutus Corridor will become a place for cyclists and walkers. It's not the High Line (although much like that project, Vancouver city officials would like to continue thinking that the rail tracks could be still be used for transportation after the corridor is developed).
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Whats great about this is that since it's a railway line, the slope is minimal for cyclists traveling north/south. There are some very big elevation changes that occur when traversing along the N/S axis in this part of Vancouver so this will give the only opportunity for a bikeway that avoids massive hills.
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