This weekend I'm in Vancouver, learning all about the city thanks to friends of our who live here and have done a fabulous job of showing us the sights.
Yesterday we went biking around the city and I discovered that Vancouver has a simple solution to one of the simplest and most annoying problems that can face a cyclist. That is: when cycling along a minor road which intersects with a busy street and being faced with a red light that won't change on its own. Anyone who wants to cross the street needs to push a button to activate a light change. In Toronto, that button is invariably located on a pole on the inside of the sidewalk. Cyclists have to either work their bikes up over the curb to get to it or dismount the bike over to the button before returning to the road and reorienting the bike to the original direction of travel.
It' s a pain in the a@@.
Here, the pole with the button is on the outside of the sidewalk, easily accessible to both pedestrians and bicycles.
Such a simple solution.. and just one of ways that Vancouver makes cyclists feel welcome.
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Brilliant and simple! Glad you're having a great time!
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