darren buck @bikepedantic@transportation.social
one of Secretary Pete's ped/bike chair-moisteners in Sector 7G. 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
the fourth is not with me today
Beyond belief. Impossibly stupid. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4638590-desantis-signs-bill-banning-lab-grown-meat/
Whoever designed in this extra-large scalloped advance queueing space at Inman Square… thank you (and we’re collectively happy to vindicate your choice)
Area Man Notorious For Not Replying to Email Anxiously Awaits Replies to Email
Let's go full-circle: Kidical Mass, but a monstrous family ride that aggressively yet adorably occupies street space like Critical Mass
This is what passes for good news in US vehicle safety https://jalopnik.com/south-carolina-no-longer-asking-carolina-squat-drivers-1851445675?utm_campaign=Jalopnik&utm_content=1714503604&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR28Mx_QsqUSj4p9GIp4DtgXZK6s4oqVxXSI3ovC1WLNF9Qek299YmkVWm4_aem_Ac0u2yGP_hPybDTPhHgG-sItbfxLyOUgXkLCArELCGBGH-KyY7p0jHMjs8qLqU_dHdrayj0JrlPHCdtnxyXPN_4Y
@itamarst that was a damn good email
darren buck
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With Councilor Patricia Nolan's swing vote, and after five hours of public testimony, the #CambridgeMA City Council votes to procrastinate key #bike safety projects:
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/30/after-marathon-meeting-cambridge-city-council-narrowly-votes-to-delay-street-safety-projects
For a region that’s a bit structurally immune from zaniness and fun, losing the Underground (and the puppet store, cobbler, weird DoD knick-knacks store, etc) seems like a squandered opportunity.
A Somerville Underground would be unstoppably awesome somehow.
darren buck
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I keep seeing calls for missing middle housing in SFH neighborhoods but very few calls for legalizing commercial/mixed use.
Densifying residential only will be a disaster, that makes car traffic and parking worse as everyone still has to drive for all errands. Cities have to legalize all aspects of a dense neighborhood or they will fail. #urbanism #zoning
The frustrating lesson, as always: Love development, hate developers.
Some random reactions:
*Underground retail is shitty retail,
*Shitty retail is cheap-rent retail,
*There's no real model for sustainably-cheap-rent retail in new development,
*Landowners can do as they please with their property,
*Residents who fought for keeping the Underground will feel betrayed.
Crystal City Underground is going under https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2024/04/30/crystal-city-underground-closing.html
[next Friday woulda been our 16th anniversary, brace for a week of sad widow posts]
in the past year, i have:
*taken up yoga
*started drinking kombucha
*mostly stopped watching TV
*stopped drinking soda
*stopped eating red meat
*bought a 'midlife' crisis car
and i really wish my wife was here to roast me about all of these
If you ride your bike no-hands on a trail near other people, I don’t fight for you. If you do that near my kid, I fight you.
darren buck
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News -- H Mart appears to be opening in Somerville's Davis Square. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2024/04/h-mart-appears-to-be-opening-in.html
darren buck
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It's wonderful to see the Portland cycling community help out Jonathan by providing free content for @bikeportland to publish while he's out due to family emergency.
Bikes, the miracle cure: https://bikeportland.org/2024/04/25/bikes-the-miracle-cure-my-road-to-recovery-after-knee-surgery-385877
On going car-free: https://bikeportland.org/2024/04/24/oh-the-places-youll-go-without-a-car-385861
Our train adventure: https://bikeportland.org/2024/04/23/our-adventure-on-the-wes-train-to-wilsonville-385799
one of Secretary Pete's ped/bike chair-moisteners in Sector 7G. 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
