Jhender

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/01/holding-on-to-cyclists-in-copenhagen.html

take a look at the link, there are a number of photos.

Copenhagen has implemented rails at traffic junctions to allow bicyclists to prop up their foot and hold on to a hand-rail. This, as any cyclist would know, is of great convenience when making a brief stop since you can avoid dismounting, which is slow, tiring and sometimes difficult. The inconvenience and impracticality is, i believe, a major reason why cyclists at East Coast tend to zip past pedestrian crossings, discounting the idiots and the bad traffic.

I like this solution, why, because it actively provides a viable and better alternative. Compared to someone coming out and scolding everyone who does not stop, or berating people who hold on to lampposts and put their foot down on other fancier public property.

I do not like to add more noise to meetings and discussions without providing better alternatives or solutions. Sometimes it also doesn’t help to whine about a problem without doing anything. Complain less and help more, that’s the only way to move forward. Utopia isn’t made up of miracles and superhumans performing superhuman acts, it’s made up of normal people, being nice.