darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social
Bikes and stuff. 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
Cabin fever on a rainy day, and now my mother in law is here, so yeah great Saturday here
Spent all this time/money on a bakfiets style bike, only for her to discover that she loves ‘dinking’ and will only ride that way now
darren is Not Going Back
boosted
@bikepedantic
And they looks great on all sorts of cargo bikes (Or I just found an excuse to share my #cargobike)
we had VIPs there (VM Mallon, Sam Balto, Robin Chase) so there's a lot of action on twitter about today. I'm trying to resist the pull, but go there for many more nice pics and videos
penultimate #BikeBus for the school year, probably our biggest so far.
darren is Not Going Back
boosted
Multnomah County offered free tiny homes if residents housed the homeless. Here’s what happened
Just had a really good emotional talk with an old guy friend with whom I’d never had a really good emotional talk with… we can do this cisguys
darren is Not Going Back
boosted
Bill from Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA10) would repeal Essential Air Service program, which gives taxpayer-subsidized flights to smaller cities and towns. https://govtrackinsider.com/bill-would-repeal-essential-air-service-program-which-gives-taxpayer-subsidized-flights-to-smaller-d43edab24fbf
"The success of Minneapolis, Seattle and Washington state in reducing per capita VMT demonstrates that ever-increasing driving does not have to be our national fate. Policy decisions and changing economic and demographic realities can cause per capita VMT to decline, and transportation planning and investments should reflect that.
"Change is possible, and a future of less pollution, better quality of life and more transportation choices can be ours."
I think I like ‘glumspringa’ and feel like fun wordplay gives me license to do more depravities
I admit, i'm a little disappointed, i was hoping that an employee did it, and perhaps won an internal competition a la the Parks and Rec mural competition (the "murinal"? Jesus Greg Kinnear? anyone?)
TIL that the iconic "The Works" branding of the Cambridge DPW came (unaltered to this day) from a 1980 design competition where the winner, Bill Wilcox, took home $500.
https://thecambridgeroom.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/the-works-a-case-study-in-public-design/
In other news, I’ve decided (in consultation with my therapist) to be a bit gross and self-indulgent this summer (but not risky, unhealthy, or kid-neglecty ways).
Gonna need a burner account for #SadSackSummer, because two pounds of brussel sprouts in a sitting is just the warmup
I am the Zelenskyy of spectracide
got complacent in the household War on Ants, but I think we’ve gained back the lost ground.
Bikes and stuff. 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
