#walk — Public Fediverse posts
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The Overlooked Cycle Lane
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a cycle lane that has been available for years at this point. I rarely, if ever see cyclists use it. There are three reasons for this. The first is that there is an empty bus lane that cyclists can use to get away from cars. The second reason is that the entrance to the cycle lane is hidden when you’re cycling from Geneva, by the Porte de Nyon roundabout. The consequence is that by the time you realise that there is a cycle lane you can’t mount it, so you’re stuck with the buses.
Since buses are irregular along that road it is an ideal cycle lane. The second reason for the lack of traffic is that if you’re cycling to, or through Geneva you’re likely to go via the lake or via Route Du Stand because traffic is less dense, and thus more pleasant. The more you cycle, the more detailed your pleasantness map develops.
By pleasantness map I mean that we cycle, and if the experience is good, we’re likely to ride the route once more, but if it’s bad, then we’re more likely to avoid it in future, in favour of routes that are higher on the pleasantness score board. Over time you can cycle routes that barely expose you to toxic drivers. Plenty of drivers are kind and considerate, but some key roads are suspicious. One of those roads is currently being redone, over two years, and I doubt it will include anything to make cycling feel safer.
The third and final reason is that, for years, this bit of cycling and walking infrastructure is separate from all other cycling infrastructure. Since it is not an integral part of cycling infrastructure you don’t use it. For it to be used it has to be indicated ahead of time.
That the road before and after this cycling infrastructure has heavy, fast, traffic doesn’t help. It might be limited to sixty kilometres per hour, but cars are fast, and squeeze by cyclists if they can, so if you’re on a bike it’s tempting to avoid the route.
As a pedestrian this route is also sub-optimal. It takes you from the new residential area but requires you to cross a busy roundabout on one side, and a very busy road on the other. If you walk another route, a few meters down, you walk to the shopping centre.
It is amusing that there is a cycle lane that we all forget about, due to where it’s placed, and how disconnected it is from cycling infrastructure. It also shows that the simple act of adding a bus lane makes a cycling lane automatically.
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Shall I not tell you something by means of which Allah erases sins and raises people in status? Doing wudoo' properly at times when it is difficult to do so, taking many steps to the mosque, and waiting for prayer after prayer. That is constant readiness.
Saheeh Muslim #251. Narrated by Abu Hurairah.
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When a man goes out of his house to his Masjid, one foot records a good deed, and the other erases a bad deed.
Sunan An-Nasa’I 705 (Arabic) – Saheeh according to Imam Hakim and Dhahabi. English: Vol. 1 Book #8, Hadith 706. Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 1, pg. 217. Musnad Ahmad, vol. 2, pg. 319. Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 1, pg. 217. Sahih Ibn Hibban #1622. Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah #6059.
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Whoever does ghusl on Friday and cleanses himself, and sets out early, and comes close to the imam and listens and keeps quiet, for every step he takes, he will have the reward of fasting and praying qiyaam (night prayer) for one year.
Narrated by Aws ibn Aws ath-Thaqafi. Recorded by al-Tirmidhi #496 and classed as Saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh At-Tirmidhi 410.
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He who purifies himself (performs ablution) in his house and then walks to one of the Houses of Allah (mosque) to perform an obligatory prayer of those ordained by Allah Almighty, one step of His will wipe away a sin, and another step will raise his status. Saheeh Muslim 666.
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Spotted, in Summery Helsinki
A guy locks his bike. His black t-shirt has Nerd written on the chest in capital letters. He looks like he is on his way somewhere, determined, automated. Perhaps he rides his bike to work.
A woman walks by with the word Nostalgia on her t-shirt. She is looking dreamily up towards the sky as she talks with her family. She looks like she is on holiday.
A little girl runs past, energetically. Her shirt notes May contain chocolate. This makes me smile.
I always wonder if people choose their t-shirt messages randomly, almost by accident, or are they baring their souls? Other shirt texts I spotted, once I started looking:
“Make climate cool again”
“I always end up at Zara”
“All the basic stuff”
“Madness is a state of mind”I’m on a walk, idly observing downtown Helsinki in the summer.
A food truck’s sign advertises rolled ice cream. How does that work? If I were to try rolling ice cream, it would surely result in a mess. More importantly: Why?
I do try matcha tiramisu, however, at a fancy second hand store for designer brands where a grey-haired woman in a leopard print shirt sips something bubbly from a coupe glass. She looks elegant, classy, and happy.
My tiramisu is fluffy and thick. And green! I believe little café moments are quite appropriate as part of a walk. In Sweden, it’s a whole concept: they call idle coffee breaks fika.
My walk takes me to a building with a sign in front that says, quite refreshingly, Trespassing allowed! As it provides a shortcut, I don’t mind if I do. The building is neat and modern on the inside.I then wander onto a café-lined street in a residential area and notice that it leads right downtown – another beautiful shortcut, since the street after the cafés is suddenly decorated with dozens of flower pots all placed in a row, one after the other, lining the street.
#City #Finland #Helsinki #Nordic #Photography #Summer #Urban #Walk #Walking
Their owner remains a mystery, but there are watering cans underneath some benches that cry for attention. Would you water my roses? one asks playfully. A few steps further, another one calls more urgently: Would you water my roses!
As an afterthought, I could have done so. But I was in observation mode, like a wildlife photographer. Look, but do not disturb the order of things. The photos didn’t turn out that nicely, though, and so didn’t end up in this post.
Some stories are better told with photos, some with words.
