John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, says designated Olympics lanes could ease traffic problems during the 2010 Winter Games. (CBC)

Vancouver can learn important lessons from the way Olympics organizers handled transportation in Beijing, the CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games told CBC News Friday.

Designated Olympics lanes like the ones used on Beijing's major traffic routes could solve potential gridlock problems during the Winter Games, John Furlong said.

"We watched how the [Beijing] public has sort of embraced and supported it and gone along with the Olympic lanes," Furlong said. "It works quite well and we've gotten some ideas out of that."

Furlong and members of Vancouver Organizing Committee are wrapping up their trip in Beijing to learn from the organizer of the Summer Games.

VANOC faces another major challenge, Furlong said: "One of the areas where the expectations will be huge for us will be providing everything in French and English [with] the same quality."

Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, who is in Beijing as one of the torch-bearers for the Paralympic Summer Games, said representatives from around the world have asked him about Vancouver and its people.

"I say to them, 'When the world arrives in 2010, they're going to find that the world is already here,' " Sullivan told CBC News in a telephone interview.

"We have so many diverse communities that make up the city."