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
🎶it’s like a hot date🎵
🎵but no chidcare…🎶
hey ArlingtonVAians, is the puppet store in the Crystal City underground still open?
I'm headed to Paris on a brief trip soon. I have an afternoon to explore all of the new bicycling facilities. Any recommendations for notable new stuff to check out? I'll be embarking from the La Defense area.
Quick reminder: If you’re biking in this morning’s snowy slop, you’re required to hum “John Henry” to yourself. It’s the rules.
“This dangerous systemic problem will get fixed, because the alternative is unacceptable,” the streets planner said with a detectable note of irony. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/24/delta-air-lines-plane-nose-wheel-falls-off
Had to take vacation time from work in order to shower, do some grocery shopping, and take a jog. It’s downright dystopian that my ability to do this is a privilege.
darren is Not Going Back
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It's a big day Canada!! How many signatures can we get in 90 days to get a Parliamentary #Mastodon #Fediverse server!? #CanPoli #CdnPoli #e4769
We, the undersigned... call upon the Government of Canada to enact policy and dedicate budgetary resources to enable the Parliament of Canada to provide an open, trusted, federated, social media presence for use by all members, senators, officers and other employees of Parliament as appropriate for communication to all Canadians.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769
darren is Not Going Back
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Interesting!
Blog post discussing key results of a study on professional cargo bike adoption in Finland:
–A lack of awareness of the utility and benefits of cargo bikes
–The prevailing perception of parcel logistics as automobile-based
–Lack of financial incentives
–Infrastructural limitations in terms of the inadequate path widths suitable for cargo bikes, and winter maintenance
–Cost constraints: inadequate funding for bicycle planning in cities
#cycling #cargobike
https://pyoraliitto.fi/blogi/what-truly-hinders-cargo-bike-adoption
Kiddo just requested Olivia Rodrigo as musical accompaniment for bathtime, yeah I’m pretty proud of myself rn
Amazing #cargobike deal: A Bunch Coupe e-trike, with only 90 miles showing, for only $1500! The hitch? It’s in Whitesburg TN (which sounds like a fictional town in the 30 Rock universe) https://knoxville.craigslist.org/bik/d/russellville-bunch-bike-electric-bike/7709758710.html
I had a successful third date with an adult human female whose primary mode of transport is her bike
Lookit, if you give Amazon your palm prints, you’re kinda beyond help maybe
Driving the half mile to the grocery store because DCR
In one of those extremely frustrating depressive episodes where i'm in a deep funk while something objectively Really Good is happening in my life.
Why/how do I keep losing my Bluetooth (blueteeth?) speakers
The automotive engineer who first said, “hey let’s use the horn as the user feedback to let em know the remote locks locked”:
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
