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
S2E8 Get in there and hug him too! WHY ARE THE REST OF YOU JUST STANDING THERE? #TedLassoRewatchParty
S2E6 someone at work made reference to a need to ‘build bridges’ and I had to turn my camera off I was biting my tongue so hard #TedLassoRewatchParty
CLASSIER THAN A TRUMP BATHROOM, CAN MOVE BOXES OF DOCUMENTS TO BETTER HIDING PLACES: old white acoustic Bullitt with silver trimmings & Alfine 8 hub for $2K in Portland OR https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/d/portland-bullitt-milk-plus-by-harry-vs/7631064032.html
There’s some important lessons we could learn about how the illusion of control impacts how we talk about these 17 fatalities, vs the other 42,000 people who die on the streets every year in the USA.
[but yes, put Elon in the next Tesla that gets launched into eternal orbit]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/
If you carry shit on it, it’s a #cargobike
Pretty rare (and incredibly tempting) to see a frontloader #cargobike frameset like this CETMA in Brooklyn for $1200 obo. Tough for me to tell, but looks like the shorter model (the Largo).
that orange is begging for some blue Merckx decals on the downtube.
https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bik/d/brooklyn-cetma-cargo-bike-frame-set/7630843922.html
Hey, remember those autumn 2020 front-yard portable firepit picnics with your buddies? That was nice.
I knew a guy who had to counter arguments in a divorce/ custody battle that he was a bad father for transporting his kids on a bike in an American city. Today, it felt like a pretty fucking valid charge.
One of those bike rides home with the kid so terrible that I never want to expose her to the dangers of the American surface transportation system ever again.
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Red line trains are delayed 15 minutes and why they are is really stumping us
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Bad news, the Wellington Circle redesign looks awful. https://www.mass.gov/wellington-circle-study
Amazing news, the Somerville Community path extension officially opens tomorrow! https://www.universalhub.com/2023/mbta-somerville-formally-open-green-line-extension
my guess on "who's betamax and who's VHS" of social media shifts like every 48 hours https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
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the fact that there's a mastodon.social username in this pic of Meta's P92 Mastodon client is awesome
@tonyg is that you?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
/by @alexeheath
I'm old enough to remember when MassDCR ignored a public process and even a city vote in favor of keeping pandemic full-weekend closures, and reverted without a word to Sunday only.
Somehow, that process withstood the authors' affinity for transparency and consultation! What was the critical difference? Hmm.
warming up the Peabody #BikeBus smile for next week’s Sam Balto visit!
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E-cars were 9% of car sales in 2022, and the e-car fleet was under 17 million worldwide.
E-bike sales were at 275 million.
Politicians and policy-makers, stop ignoring e-bikes. https://www.treehugger.com/stop-ignoring-ebikes-5324307
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Bike for sale: Priority 600 12-speed internal gear belt drive, $1000
Well-maintained with several new parts
https://hartford.craigslist.org/bik/d/west-hartford-priority-speed-internal/7630617742.html
Test drive and purchase at https://BiCiCo.org West, 616 New Park Ave, West Hartford CT #BikeTooter
excellent, someone has posted the article to local nextdoor. Strap yourselves in, kids.
They even have the chutzpah to cite Cambridge's Cycling Safety Ordinance (CSO) as a failure of process and public debate.
Besides the YEARS of public meetings, outreach, and debate, the 2021 City Council election was to some degree a referendum on the CSO. And CSO supporters hold 6-7 seats today.
Are Mr. Hurst and Ms. Anthony election deniers?
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
