Insert generic NPA troll comment here: O NOEZ!!!! Da bysikkels is KILLING all da bizness downtown!! No wun can park da carz!! Fyur Greggur and all da Vizhuns!!

Never in all my years in Vancouver have I felt so powerless and my voice so insignificant in the arena of civic politics. This guy (Mayor Gregor) is an absolute lunatic on his own personal mission, economics be damned. And he's not listening to ANYONE who tries to talk sense into him.

This city will be bankrupt before it ever becomes this so-called greenest city.

@Michelle W.
The conference will be good for the economy. Over 1000 people will be visiting and spending money at hotels, restaurants, etc.

And, it case you didn't notice, there is no auto manufacturing or oil wells in Vancouver so most of the money spent on cars and gas flows out of the region. If people drive less and cycle more, they have more money to spend at local businesses which helps the economy.

If anybody who is involved in this thing reads this: if you want to make bike lanes by simply painting lines on the road, as is rampant everywhere, please consider making a grooved pavement line, or a painted line with a reflector-bumber every few meters, at the very minimum.

Conferences are a good thing. The tourist industry thrives on them. Let's get this one, and a thousand more.

Of all the conferences this mayor could be trying to attract to Vancouver he goes out and pours our dollars and efforts into one of the smallest (by Vancouver standards) possible with an estimated attendance of 1,000 people. Not too ambitious a mayor but I guess, as usual, he's getting what HE wants.

When will this bike fad end? We will see how many bike riders actually wanna ride once the cold wet weather hits. Where are the tolls on these lanes? The city needs more money so i think tolls would be a great start to recover the millions spent on these lanes.

Hopefully these bike lanes, and the moron mayor, will all be gone by the time this handful of cyclist conference nuts roll through our city.

This is a major achievement for Mayor Gregor and all the people who have been working for years to bring this conference to Vancouver. Congratulations!

To all the naysayers, please remember the only thing the cycling lobby is "selling" is fresh air, clean water, safe streets and fun! Now who could possibly be opposed to that?

One commenter here should also note that every time I use my bicycle instead of a car, I SAVE the city money.

THIS (you say Silent Otto) is a major achievement for Mayor Gregor?? This is the same guy who frustrated City Hall Staffers by failing to realize the enormous potential of the Vancouver Olympics. Instead he seems to be more excited about a few hundred cyclists coming to Vancouver to look at his bike lanes. Yeah, I guess this is about as major an achievement as this mayor's ever going to get in an otherwise failed political career.