In this downhill stretch, the Axe Nord-Sud is routed toward the camera on the narrow sidewalk at the left and away from the camera on the shoulder of the street between the curb (yellow line) and posts. With the narrow sidewalk, there is no safety in riding fast down the hill as would be the case in the street. In either direction, there is no crossing over the curb to overtake a slower bicyclist. The bicyclist in the photo does not buy the scheme, but does not use the shoulder as normal, because it is designated for opposite-direction traffic and is a narrow channel between the curb and posts. He is moving (blurred in photo) in the narrower channel that remains to the right of a van stopped for a red light out of the picture to the right.