Saw a pink chicken running around 3 Corners Bekondo. A cheeky voice in my head asked “Why paint chickens?” riffing off a bewildering book and calendar series of psychedelic cats. When I verbalized the question Mike teased me about the flamingo strain of chickens before admitting it was for identification – so you know which chickens are yours and which belong to your neighbour – like painted sheep in England.
In June of 2024, a man was just riding his bike to work. Early in the morning when traffic should be low to nonexistent. Wearing a helmet and a reflective vest. A racing driver lost control and plowed him over. Anyone who bikes in this city was grieved and outraged. This stretch of roadway is designated as a bike route. There's a little green sign with a bicycle icon to tell you that. The wide road that invites speeding certainly doesn't. How does a person even drive 159 km/hr on a sleepy residential street within city limits? (Because the street is too damn wide.) For about as long as it has existed, the cycling advocacy organization has identified this stretch of roadway as a route in critical need of remediation to make it safer. So, within a week, temporary safety measures had been rolled out. Reduced speed limit signs were erected, poly posts narrowed the roadway and speed cameras made sure folks took it seriously. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. No. 20, 40,...
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