Today is the one day a year the city shuts down a bunch of streets and allows cyclists, pedestrians, musicians, venders, etc, to take over the streets for 4 hours. My city is very much a car town-we’re called the automotive capital of Canada-so this event wasn’t easy to get off the ground. It’s somewhat surreal to me. I bike probably 95% of the time and generally don’t see many other bikes on the trails. Then for Open Streets suddenly there are thousands of bikes on the roads. Clearly, there is a huge portion of the population with bikes just sitting in the garage waiting to be used.
by camcussion