A pressing issue: How pedestrians are getting inventive with the crosswalk button during COVID-19
Ben Nelms | CBC News | Posted: May 23, 2020 7:00 PM | Last Updated: May 23, 2020
Some Vancouverites are going to great lengths to safely activate the walk sign
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things — to the extent that simply pushing a button has become a predicament for some.
CBC photojournalist Ben Nelms photographed a handful of crosswalks throughout Vancouver to show how people are trying to balance pedestrian safety with pandemic safety by activating the crosswalk without using their bare finger.