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
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my boss is so brave, he drove through the ice and snow just so he could come in to the office and watch YouTube at his desk... truly an inspiration to workers everywhere
Welcome to @TheWarOnCars, McKinsey:
“Regulations could also help, including imposition of congestion charges to discourage traffic, creation of no-driving zones, and laws forbidding on-street parking. Most importantly, urban leaders must also increase safety for micromobility to gain ground…. The potential benefits of micromobility justify such measures and also provide urban leaders with an incentive to help residents who want to make the shift.”
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“Some day, my son, these 57 plastic butter tubs full of mixed, assorted screws and nails, collected from various bits of hardware and projects over the years, and stored in no discernible order, will be yours.”
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Recently I've been working with @bostoncyclistsunion to build upon the work I've done (mostly) by myself with @BostonBikeData, building a team of advocates who take a look at all of the data around biking in Boston and make it more approachable and actionable.
Today our first post as BCU Labs is published!
https://bostoncyclistsunion.org/how-does-boston-know-when-and-where-people-are-biking
If you are interested in helping out in any way, feel free to reach out https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefzxEQ-CAbJd_rrt90DHvdglYvP9RLqdDUVsFq28onw9xXJQ/viewform
Went skiing Monday with a beginner seven-year-old, and I can feel my neglected leg muscles eating themselves from within today
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"When legislation aimed at helping low-income households swap carcinogen-leaking gas appliances for cleaner electric ones came up for a hearing this past May, a whopping 86 people showed up to testify in its favor. Only one person submitted a letter opposing the bill. Loose Lips will give readers just one guess which company that person works for."
It's the same one former Ward 4 councilmember Brandon Todd works for.
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/659647/washington-gas-deploys-a-mess-of-lobbyists-to-kill-legislation-promoting-electric-appliances/
#DCPolitics
Cambridge maintains their separated bike lanes and trails year-round, so we keep on using them year round. Thank you, DPW!
#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
Don’t know how, but I’ve somehow managed to lose my ski poles
I had to hear the news from other parents that there’s new Blueys on Disney+ from IRL parents instead of here. And I’m not mad. Just disappointed.
my endorphin sine wave from Twitter hasn’t been replaced by masto or bluesky, but rather by online dating. It is what it is.
“Those rainy Boston winters” is our thing now
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Sad news for families who bike in #Seattle.
G&O Family Cyclery announces it is closing after 10 years in business. This shop has done more to encourage, normalize and make family biking possible in this hilly city.
Thank you Davey Oil.
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/01/12/go-family-cyclery-is-closing-after-ten-years/
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I find his view of the CC skyline from the DCA Metro platform beautiful.
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
