One of New Westminster's only signed and marked bike routes, this pleasant path along traffic-calmed 7th Avenue takes riders from the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station to Hume Park on the Coquitlam border. Bike buttons help in crossing the major intersections, and although there are a few ups and downs (New West is all built on a big slope, after all), it's a fairly easy ride. Not to mention that you skip all the traffic that so often clogs the major routes of New West.
Along the way, you get a really good sense of the neighbourhoods of the Royal City from the monster house/bungalow mixture of the West End, to the heritage houses of Queens Park, and the changing face of Sapperton. At several points along the route, there are also nice views of the Fraser. Although there isn't a lot of commerce (i.e. food) along the route itself, it crosses the commercial districts where you could stop off and refuel. Plenty of parks en route as well.
At 22nd Street, the path hooks up with the BC Parkway (for Edmonds/Metrotown/Vancouver), or you can cross the Queensborough Bridge or head down along Marine Drive for lots of big-box shopping fun. read more