Playing In The Street

Saturday I drove the pedicab for a bride and groom then returned to entertain their guests with rides. I was interested in the reactions of the children when they realized we'd be rolling in the street.

Absent their parents saying "don't play in the street" they adjusted quickly to the new paradigm. I may have occasionally slipped from the neutral passivity of a simple service provider by suggesting that streets are actually made for everybody.

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Today I listened to city planner Jeff Schmidt say, in a City Channel podcast about zoning that "everybody drives." I know some people who would beg to differ AND planning for THEM would make his city better for everybody.

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Sunday I enjoyed asking questions of a friendly parent with a 14 year-old daughter in Drivers Ed. Interesting.

I'm my house we teach the bicycle driving to our 13 year-olds. Here is today's hour long bicycle driving session. We went downtown at 5pm.

marriage

it rained

bike heritage

Everybody who owns a bike should ride it here on June 23.

kinda close

It's arguably smarter to ride on Spring (1 block west) or Dakota (1 block east) than Minnesota Ave.

It's arguably more practicable, in this lane that is too narrow to safely share, to ride far enough left to make it more obvious to drivers that there really isn't enough room to safely perform this maneuver.

It was a mental lapse on my part but it makes good TV.

simple pleasure

16 w/ The Boy 13.

pfb

open streets

open streets

open streets

open streets

nice ride

jolly

stoned

another car(e) free day in mpls.

car free fri mpls

signs

m*tro tr*nsit

hydra

35w

the gift

another 20 mile round trip to work. i rode singletrack today on the way home. without leaving the city.

i love that. thanks FAST for making singletrack in the city.

dam it (sioux river)

presence evidence

pedicab

free spirit

round trip

Combining my newly discovered Bakker Park Loop with a portion of my ride around the block.