darren buck @bikepedantic@transportation.social
one of Secretary Pete's ped/bike chair-moisteners in Sector 7G. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
#Accumoose (very unscientific placement) showing nearly 4 fluffy inches in N Cambridge
superior to cybertruck, Vol. 147 https://carsandbids.com/auctions/9AEAvONz/1988-toyota-crown-hearse
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I find his view of the CC skyline from the DCA Metro platform beautiful.
The internal shared streets look ducking gorgeous. We’ll see how they work once the cars make their presence felt.
Answer: They followed through on their exacted promise of a (somewhat flawed) protected bikelane adjacent without deleting the northbound bikelane next to the bus lane. Hooray!
Why anyone with the choice would ever choose driving I-95 over riding the train is beyond me
Great #trbam presentation on the trapezoid delineator, to guide people who are blind away from sidewalk-level bike lanes and other conflict areas.
Here’s the original research: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0361198120922991
Here’s a new domestic OTS source for them: https://www.stronggo.com/index.php/urban-accessibility-0
#trbam is when my camera roll is just a bunch of pics of slides
Every time I come back to DC, there’s a new separated bike lane somewhere. This new-to-me one, in Thomas Circle, is no longer an MUTCD violation! (Per revised 9E.05) #trbam
Post-acute-pandemic research rebound: Paper submissions for the #trbam Bike Committee hit an all-time record volume after a 2020-2022 dip.
Recycling my now-annual observation that #trbam escalators really demonstrate the appeal of e-bikes
Pedestrian seriously injured when a driver runs an SUV into a bank at this intersection. I lived half a mile from here.
Arlington County, VA (which i'm feeling super-validated to have left) reconstructed this "street" a few years ago, and... yeah. https://www.arlnow.com/2024/01/05/acpd-charges-pending-against-driver-who-struck-pedestrian-and-slammed-into-bank/
Missed the first real snow in the new neighborhood and I am sad
There’s a #bikedc petition to build the long-needed East-west connection along Harewood and Taylor St, and let’s face it, this graphic pretty much guarantees that it will get done. Hopefully swiftly. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdj0_bGPmU8lFsDdL09rgNXWMIFu6GJCC_CXvLICrI9E1YBRw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2H4C1jA0L2m_zuH7RWEu7wAk3jb1rXNpi7wVA6vwfiWwzaYFuv4Uft4qM_aem_Ae-LlZnER1U8RpcHzm-7UHL5uTcZGz2H13hUO1w7mC67HW12ciYlSbbtsp-YP2paSLc
one of Secretary Pete's ped/bike chair-moisteners in Sector 7G. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
