CiaraSep 14, 2025
This pedestrian crossing is on a hill. I’ve noticed that everyone who uses it does the same thing. Car coming? We step into the road so the driver must stop. Bike coming? We step back from the kerb, showing the cyclist that we’ll wait until they’ve passed. Like an instinctive social contract. Cars block public space, bikes share it. Cyclists are either whizzing down or puffing up that hill so it’s a tiny courtesy to let them pass. Often with a mutual smile or wave. Urban in-this-togetherness.
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When a bike comes, I step back not because I feel it has the right to pass, but because I know it won't stop.
Sep 14, 2025 at 9:40amWeb
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@microblogc That's sad, that it's a negative culture where you are. I hope the culture, and if necessary, the cycling infrastructure, improves. We are lucky to have some well-designed shared spaces here that put pedestrians and cyclists ahead of cars, which improves the culture and makes it easier to cooperate instinctively. When cars don't come first, I find that most people mostly just work it out, no matter who had the legal right to pass. (Yes #NotAllCyclists)