The media LOVES good samaritan stories that are actually about government failures.
https://social.seattle.wa.us/@alan/111190173847559676
Alan :verifiablebike: (@[email protected])

I've seen this man - nay, hero - cleaning debris from the WA-520 bridge trail before and did not know whether he was a private citizen or WSDOT-employed. I've wanted to thank him before, but he wears sound-insulating earmuffs and so I didn't want to come off as a crazy shouter. https://kuow.org/stories/meet-the-guerilla-gardener-of-seattle-s-520-bike-path #SEAbikes

Seattle Social
@Andres4NY I'm flashing back to a couple years ago when someone from #BikeNYC #BikeTwitter took it on himself to clean up the thick layer of dirt and crap that was covering the Brooklyn access to the Manhattan Br. bike lane because damned if the city was going to bother.