Start: N. Grandview highway and Commercial Drive

End: UBC

Time to UBC: 42 minutes                Distance: 14.8 km

Time to return: 37 minutes           Distance: 14.6 km

Safety: 4 stars

Difficulty: moderate

Route: N. Grandview highway -> Woodland -> B.C. Parkway/7th -> St. George st. -> 6th -> Yukon -> 7th -> Yew -> 8th -> Blanca -> University Blvd

This route was all over the map! I followed bike routes on the north side of Broadway street as a comparison to the 10th route, but didn’t like it nearly as much. One of the biggest difficulties was the amount of undulation during the first portion of the ride. Usually it’s nice to ease into a long ride like this, but that wasn’t the case. I especially didn’t like the portion between Clark and Cambie. This part required had many elevation changes and forced me to alternated between 7th and 6th quite frequently which broke up my ride due to multiple turns and stops. The ride did get better however after Cambie st. where I was able to ride along 7th quite easily and then get on to 8th at Yew. From a safety perspective I felt pretty at ease for most  of the ride. The most notable safety hazard was when I was riding between Main and Cambie along 6th, as there quite a bit of north-south traffic as well as Yukon being a busy street to transfer back to 7th.

The ride back was much more enjoyable and was comparable to taking the 10th route home. So if you are someone that likes to commute next to broadway, this route is a good alternative return route instead of 10th.