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Tab Combs May 24, 2023

This morning we met up with 6 (SIX!) other #KidsOnBikes during our ride to school. Six smiling, happy, slightly flushed faces, all bright eyed and ready to start their day.

The activity, socialization, & independence these kids are getting is no small thing. The change in my kid's resilience & attitude since she's been riding her own bike to school has been remarkable.

When we deny kids #SafeRoutesToSchool, we deny them a huge part of their life.

#SafeStreetsForAll #BikeTooter #BikeToSchool

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Tab Combs May 24, 2023

(I should mention that I use my body as a human shield for this bike ride because we collectively agree that the safety and well-being of kids is less important than the convenience of grown-ups in cars and that anyone trying to give their kid an opportunity to thrive does so at their own risk)

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Tab Combs May 24, 2023

We're one of the wealthiest societies the planet has ever seen.
So when your politicans and officials tell us there's no money for sidewalks and protected bike lanes and functional pedestrian traffic lights, don't believe them. There's truckloads of money. We just don't choose to use it on the things that'll make us healthier, happier, and less likely to die just trying to get from point A to point B.

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There's a 7-lane road (lol, misplaced highway) near us that is getting a new right turn lane that is demonstrably unnecessary, but there's apparently no money to replace the defective ped-head that--when functioning--is the only protection for the kids who live on one side of the road to get to the school on the other side of the road.