On Sunday, June 7, ABCHI Atlantic was represented at Switch: Open Street Sunday in Dartmouth NS.
ABCHI Atlantic was set up in a great location on Portland Street in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Here, the Atlantic team created the A Buyer’s Choice KID FUN ZONE where they gave away bubbles, jumbo freezies, and had sidewalk chalk for children to colour on the street.
What is Switch?
Open Street Sundays encourages people to enjoy metro HRM in a new way by walking, biking and moving around safely and comfortably on a 2km route. Switch is not about street closures – it is about opening streets to a greater variety of transportation modes and the route will remain permeable to vehicles. Switch is inspired by Ciclovia, which translates to “bike way” or “bike path”; millions of people in cities around the world now participate every Sunday and holiday on thousands of kilometres of city streets. The long-term effects of Ciclovia are safer cities where people can travel with ease, and a new vision of public space.