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mikecmerritt.bsky.social
Father, Navy veteran, small business owner, bicycling advocate. From Massachusetts to Norfolk, VA. Born at 324.09 CO2 ppm
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Evolución de los carriles bici en Barcelona. Esta es la evolución natural que están siguiendo todas las ciudades Europeas menos Madrid 🌾🍃🚲

A much better quality of life, if we choose.

In a new Kvetchbook, Barry Blitt imagines a new portrait of Donald Trump. www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bli...

Roundabouts: because blowing through an intersection at 80 mph shouldn't be the default...or possible.

I FEEL PUNK TODAY SO DO I

June 1st marked the beginning of the 2025 Jim Cantore Season and it could be a bad one. Be prepared. Jim Cantore can arrive quickly with little notice.

Recreational/sport cycling transformed my mental health years ago. Honestly was an absolute game changer when I needed it the most.

"If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." Henry David Thoreau

Happy World Bicycle Day.

The Aristocrats! (Can’t be said with a mere period.)

New toy. (Actually, more like a new safety device of sorts.) I bought a Garmin Varia RCT715 rearview bike camera. So I can now share how close cars dart past me while riding. This is one of three instances where it happened this morning on Granby St.

How can we afford to NOT do away with cars?

Rule 3: Sell Walkability on Climate Change Why do you think the environmental movement in the U.S. has historically been anti-city—from Jefferson to the Sierra Club, do you see any traces of that thinking now? Walkable City Rules: www.amazon.com/dp/1610918983

“The arrogance of space by cars” is a great turn of phrase. I plan on using it from now on.

@cityofnorfolkva.bsky.social, what say you?

🕸️🃏 "Zelensky has no cards…" they said

Cars are the least egalitarian method of travel.

Teamwork

Today, Akihabara was in its Sunday "Hokosha Tengoku" ("Pedestrian Paradise") form, when major thoroughfares are pleasantly pedestrianized. If you've ever enjoyed a pedestrian paradise, remember that you have self-described "utopian marxist" and three-time Tokyo governor Minobe Ryokichi to thank.⬇️

Saturday morning run along the calm Chesapeake Bay in Ocean View.

“No! Mis hijos estan en La escuela! (My kids are in school!) Por favor!” Tennessee’s @davidwontshutup.bsky.social on a very difficult video to watch of ICE grabbing a mother outside immigration court in Texas.

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I don't know if there is a more appropriate goodbye to Loretta Swit, than her last scene in MASH in the series finale. Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.

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A mayor who cares about cycling.

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Paris makes changes while we continue to dither about.

It’s possible.

Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems