We need to design our bike infrastructure for all ages & abilities, including & especially this well dressed person & kid in the trailer. 🚲 ❤️

Does your grocery store look like this? 

If not, it’s not because bikes universally can’t be used for groceries. 

It’s probably one or both:
1) zoning created large distances between housing & stores.
2) the streets between housing & the store are unsafe for biking.

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“Empty-nest baby boomers own 28% of three-bedroom-plus U.S. homes, while millennials with kids own just 14%.“

My parents and my in-laws live in larger homes than I do (with my family incl. young kids).

They also live in neighborhoods that will be challenging… 1/3

Both of these things happened on one short ride around my neighborhood today. It’s wild out here. 🙃

(Sound on to hear how much warning we had on the fire truck approaching).

This is why we need FULLY connected networks of protected bikeways.

This family-friendly 2.5 mile ride included a single unprotected block.

Notice the difference between the first 30 secs/last 10 secs & the one unprotected block in between.

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Walking & biking as transportation means I can pause to notice and appreciate the traffic I’m not stuck in.
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Safety first. We always try to signal our turns, even when carrying coffee home.

🚲 ☕️ pro: Nissa Mitchell

Build it and they will come.

And if you can’t get them to build it (permanent bike parking), find a decent temp option on Buy Nothing & ask if they’ll accept a donation.

Would still love to see permanent bike parking at all playgrounds, but this is better than nothing! 🚲❤️

If it fits, I sits.

Most people want to get to where they’re going as quickly & safely as possible… including pedestrians whose safety is put at risk when drivers block crosswalks like this.

Biking with kids can be high stress, including:
-backing up vehicles
-constantly checking for cross traffic at intersections, driveways & alleys
-navigating narrow & bumpy sidewalks w/ pedestrians
-avoiding the door zone on street

& then you get to a protected bikeway & 🥳.
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When we design for all ages & abilities, our bikeways can look like this. 🚲 ❤️

Bikes are good for business!

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Walking & biking as transportation means I can pause to notice and appreciate boulevard roosters (& other free curb items). 🐓

Bike advocacy is a really glamorous way to spend my free time.

It sometimes means sending lots of emails over multiple years asking for really basic stuff (like bike parking at a city playground), before finally seeing if I can make it happen myself. #bikelobby

Sound on for sights & sounds of biking with kids in Minneapolis:

My 5 yo hasn’t quite grasped the knock knock joke format yet. 😂

Bikes are good for business.

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every screaming checkmark in the replies should have their license revoked

Hello and welcome to almost every light cycle at 35th and Nicollet in City of Minneapolis. 🙃

In addition to red light runners, we also have a special guest on the left - fully blocking the faded crosswalk while they wait for their green (no right turn possible there).