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
They shoulda done a Ted Lasso episode that was just solely focused on Roy Kent’s stint as a Sky Sports ⚽️ commentator
Alt text: two street parking spaces painted in the bright green designated for use only on bike facilities
Green paint in ducking EV parking spots in Cambridge Crossing. Yeah, MUTCD marshal service has been notified.
In the meantime, road users acclimated to uniformity should absolutely park their bikes there.
“But not a real green dress, that’s cruel” is still one of the funniest lines in a song imo
More little papercuts of microprogress. Not feeling very accepting of this bureaucratic life rn though. A real win would be good, maybe a few fewer people would die.
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This amazing view from a summit in the White #Mountains, #NewHampshire was my reward last week after #hiking 9 miles up #trails through mud, #rocks, #snow, and #ice, plus multiple crossings of #streams. Featured are the #lichen-covered slabs of rock in the foreground and the snow-capped peak of Mt Washington at the horizon. I enjoyed my lunch here before descending. #geology #LichenSubscribe #FungiFriday #fungi #trail #nature #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #outside #backpacking
Theory: People on bikes are far more apt to comply with traffic controls - even at a time penalty - when they are explicitly intended for them. Think bike-specific signal faces.
Hunchy anecdata: Bike riders seem to wait for the short bike-exclusive community path crossing of Mass Ave at Cedar at even higher rate than peds wait for their earlier and longer-phase crossings. (I cede to @sofio wisdom here tho)
Been a bit of a tough & busy week. Indulged myself in some occasional trail-oriented loafing.
If you die, try to die quickly and definitively, fellow americans.
yeah, I'm currently ignoring $12K in bills associated with my wife's death, and i got off relatively easy. US healthcare is a fucking nightmare.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/how-prior-authorization-makes-health-care-a-nightmare.html
Routine Camberville (actually East Arlington) camp dropoff scene - two UAs, a GSD, and a Madsen parked by the entrance.
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Our Summer CPX Family Bike Ride is this Saturday!
https://www.familybikeride.org/cpx
*Thank you to our ~40 volunteers for making this happen!
Alt: a small wooden train painted like an MBTA green line trolley showing destination “Elfland.” It is in a little public Art bit alongside the Somerville Community Path called Bike Path Elfland
Build the Green Line extension to Bike Path Elfland you absolute cowards
In other news, she’s showing no signs of interest or aptitude at reading, hurtling up on her seventh birthday, so father of the fucking year here
I trimmed my daughter’s medium-length hair. In accordance with the cishet single dad grading curve, please clap
Incredible deal on a now-discontinued Bunch Coupe e-cargobike in whitesburg, TN. $2500 obo. Pic from me, none in the ad.
https://knoxville.craigslist.org/bik/d/russellville-bunch-bike-electric-cargo/7654631347.html
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Camberville e-bike library website (finally) set up. I have some more I want to do here, but it's a start. https://camberville.ebikelibrary.org/
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"Massachusetts - Where Fascism Goes to Die"
https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-millionaire-tax-gets-kids-free-school-lunches-2023-8
Alt: a white guy seen from rear, wearing a blue shirt with white outline Star Wars ships printed all over it, riding a step-through ebike on a trail
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
