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Power Word: Shaddap Apr 9

@maggiejk Cool! Just like Yehuda Moon! yehudamoon.com/comic/2008-03-1…

2008-03-19 - Kickstand Comics featuring Yehuda Moon

Comic about two guys who run a bike shop and their challenges in the store and on the road. Yehuda's the utilitarian advocate; Joe's the go-fast pragmatist.

Kickstand Comics featuring Yehuda Moon

DC Deejay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Apr 9

@maggiejk 🎷🕯️🍷🚴🏾‍♂️😏

@dcdeejay wait, you’re Canadian? 😍

DC Deejay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Apr 10

@maggiejk Always have been, always will be! 🫡

Kelsey Jordahl Apr 10

@maggiejk never say "illegal", it's a grass roots bike lane

wonkothesane Apr 10

@kajord @maggiejk Bike lane by popular acclaim.

EndlessMason Apr 10

@wonkothesane
Desire path.

@kajord @maggiejk

Lightfighter Apr 10

@maggiejk I love it! Guerilla infrastructure.

Be_Outside Apr 10

@maggiejk
So hot.
...but NOT "illegal"... just unsanctioned.
Carry on.

argv minus one Apr 10

What are the markings made of? Chalk?

@argv_minus_one hopefully paint. That’s probably the “illegal” part. “Vandalism” or some shit.

argv minus one Apr 10

Yeah, probably. Although it wouldn't be the first time somebody did something like this and the city was just like, “uhh, okay, sure, let's go with that. 🤷‍♂️”

NNN Apr 10

@maggiejk
Who'se to say it's illegal?
Sounds like that conclusion would require law school. And maybe Surveying.

*I* will not be jumping to any conclusions here

@grumpasaurus @maggiejk haha I also immediately thought of this!

Dec.tar.gz Apr 10

@maggiejk
I had to zoom in to see that the furthest-away person in the bike lane is on a bicycle, not on foot.

@dec23k oh lol your eyes are better than mine I legit thought they were walking. I should change the alt text . . .

Dec.tar.gz Apr 10

@maggiejk
Maybe I just clean my screen more often :-P

CIMB4 Apr 10

@maggiejk desire paths are so last decade.. get ready for: desire bike lane!

@maggiejk 🥵

@maggiejk NGL I like the idea of local council coming along, seeing there's a bike lane here & accidentally putting the full, proper bike lane markings on 'cos they thought it was a bit faded

@patterfloof yep, or “Oh NO someone dropped the ball and forgot to put in the ‘protected’ parts of the protected bike lane!! Better get on that!!”

Ross of Ottawa Apr 10

@maggiejk @patterfloof that'd be a good alternative strategy! Paint your "undocumented" bike lane with intentionally dilute paint that looks like it's old and worn out, then the next day complain to the city that the bike lane needs to be repainted. Bingo - fresh bike lane.

Laura Anna Apr 10

Lol!! This is brilliant

@porru El puto amo

@maggiejk Nice.

@maggiejk
Perfect

Now for some guerilla anti-car concrete dividers.

Power Word: Shaddap Apr 10

@maggiejk @dzwiedziu I got you. youtu.be/f9C93r1ObqU?si=wvIOqi…

The Quickest, Easiest, and Cheapest Way to DIY A Jersey Barrier

YouTube

Harry Wood Apr 10

@maggiejk You could add it to OpenStreetMap. We map what's visible on the ground!
Usually we've seen the opposite problem: Official sources declare a stretch of road to be a cycle route, despite there being no markings or signage.

@harry_wood omg I wish I knew where exactly this is!! I took it from reddit but maybe someone has commented in that sub with the location.

I will go look because I LOVE THAT IDEA!!

Borja Delgado Apr 10

@maggiejk 👆 @euklidiadas

Marcos M. 🚲Apr 10

@borjadelgado @maggiejk

Gente maravillosa.

Parleur Apr 10

@maggiejk Je vais faire ça !

https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycling-infrastructure/

Julio J. 🀲Apr 10

@maggiejk this is how (one of the ways) the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure

How the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure

How did the Dutch get their cycling infrastructure? This question keeps coming back because it is of course relevant to people who want what the Dutch have. Road building traditions go back a long …

BICYCLE DUTCH

BeeCycling Apr 10

@maggiejk Like it. Reminds me of some local residents in my area who, after a landlord of a neighbouring building cut down the bollards that had been at the end of their road since the 1930s, making it an LTN before the term was ever thought of, erected their own wooden bollards, anchored to the stumps of the old ones. Guerrilla bollards shall we say. And moved big heavy planters from their gardens, to block the end of the road again.

Couple of years later, new metal bollards went in. ✊🏻

An Illegal Bicycle Gutter!

As for me, I just ride on the sidewalk and heed people walking.

Àlex Duran Apr 10

👆 Una bona idea per a #Palma!

Per exemple, per anar en bici a les escoles. O no, @AFASonAnglada @somenxavier ?

Siegfried.Apr 11

@maggiejk Does it really make cycling any safer? Here car drivers will just ignore the lane, just like an "officially legal" painted bike lane.
Cycle infrastructure needs to be separate from car used lanes. (Yes, it's a dream, but the safer option. Look at the Netherlands.)

MJ Ray Apr 14

@realSiegfried @maggiejk yes, it'd be better to stick some kerbs or posts down. And make it wide enough to ride side-by-side (also so a trike can fit easily)

Siegfried.Apr 14

@maggiejk Anyway. I fully support the demand of @maggiejk

MJ Ray Apr 14

@realSiegfried @maggiejk only a comment. It's great that people are taking direct action and I hope the next one is better than the sort of painted gutter which motorists often inflict on cycling. Might as well hang for a sheep as a lamb!

Siegfried.Apr 15

@mjr I fully agree! It is absolutely fantastic that @maggiejk did some action!

I wanted to focus on the fact that cities think they did a great job, painting some lanes, although they are not safe.

berlin_radler Apr 11

@maggiejk close to terrorism🤪. expect your door to be rammed💥 by special forces🥷🥷🥷 at 4am tomorrow...😡

@maggiejk cc @altis

@maggiejk 👍

AndroidDreamer Apr 13

@maggiejk Punk is not dead

bouriquet Apr 13

@maggiejk Not illegal in itself unless there’s a law against it

John Robinson Apr 13

@bouriquet @maggiejk 😄

René Apr 13

@maggiejk it’s standard practise in the netherlands to have such #bicycle lanes on many roads.

StarkRG Apr 14

@maggiejk It's like pirate radio, but for bikes. Bike pirates.

SuperMoosie Apr 14

DIY Bike Path logo painting
https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/how-to-street-stencils

How-To: Paint DIY Sidewalk Stencils — Community Workshop

Share messages, calm traffic, engage community members and spread art through simple, temporary street and sidewalk stencils.

Community Workshop

Frank Hightower Apr 14

@maggiejk My city supposedly has an end-to-end bike lane but it has a "gap" in the "financial district". I can't tell you how many times I've been tempted to just go in and do this (but of course, there's always cops 24/7 because "it's the financial district"!)

Pablo Masegoso Apr 14

@maggiejk Desire paths of any kind, when law, order, state or local decisions are mere and blatant injustices, are an obligation.

7222e800 "memdmp"Apr 14

@maggiejk anyways so did you know that road marking spray paint is purchasable as an end-consumer? you can properly do this and make it look correct for like 30CHF

Santtu Sammakko Apr 14

@maggiejk I love this, lol