Matt Blankett posted today about Vancouver's bike infrastructure, a great post that pointed out some easy things Toronto could be doing to make cyclists feel more valuable on our streets:
Vancouver does a number of smart and simple things to prioritize cycling that should the politicians and civil servants of Toronto feel jolts of shame. One of the first things I noticed was that the cyclist symbol was included on the button to trigger an intersection stop light to change ...Great post Matt!
Cycling advocates like to use the phrase, “we are traffic!” when drivers accuse them of blocking their flow of traffic. To validate cyclists’ assertion that they are indeed part of road traffic Vancouver uses a bike waiting area at a few major intersections (photo below). It is reminiscent of what happens at intersections of major Asian cities where scooters make their way to the front of the traffic queue.
[photo credit: Spacing Wire]
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