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This summer’s fine weather has been a boon to cyclists — and the city of Vancouver says they’ve got the numbers to prove it.

According to data recorded by the city, five of the ten “fully protected” bike lanes in Vancouver saw record use in July.

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The biggest increase was from the tracker at Science World, which recorded 227,000 trips in July 2017, an increase of 23,000 over July 2016.

In an emailed statement, city officials noted, “Science World regularly has some of the highest bike volumes in Vancouver due to its connection to four other bike routes, location at the eastern edge of the public bike share zone, proximity to the Main Street Science World SkyTrain station and its secure bike lock-up facilities, and the access to bike-friendly ferry service to other locations around False Creek.”

Other sites which saw new monthly records recorded in July wereat the tracker on the Adanac bikeway at Hawks Avenue in Strathcona, where 120,000 trips were recorded in July, 5,000 more trips than the previous record set in June 2015; 80,000 trips on the Hornby Bikeway at Robson Street, another 5,000 trip increase over the previous record, here set in August 2016; 71,000 trips over the Lions Gate Bridge, an increase of 1,000 over the previous high, also set in June 2015; and 29,000 trips over the Canada Line Bridge’s bike path, again, 1,000 more than in June 2015.