Cycling in Waterloo Region

[panamaniac]

Interesting piece in today's Toronto Star about a guy who cycles with a one meter piece of pool noodle extending from his carrier, to remind drivers to keep a safe distance. I'm surprised we don't see much more of this - as a non-cyclist, I've wondered whether someone wouldn't invent a flexible extension of some sort capped with a fluorescent ball or flag to achieve the same result. Wire it up and an air horn could sound if a car touches it!

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/10...r-him.html

Meanwhile, I see that Ottawa is trying out a semi-shared "advisory bike lane". That would seem to me to be a possible solution on a street like Krug, especially if the bikes are equipped with pool noodles!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/adv...-1.3808844