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by Pattie Baker23 Sep 20187:34 pm23 Sep 2018

A week too early

I thought it was Atlanta Streets Alive today but I was a week too early. I rode anyway.

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Pattie Baker

Writer, street photographer, urban farmer, and League Cycling Instructor (#5382), learning as I grow and traveling at the speed of bike. Peace Corps Uganda invitee (June 2020, delayed due to COVID-19). Mensa member. Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK).

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I asked for donations of certain things for @pedalpowerwithpattie students who r going away to camp, and I got to pick up this generous donation today while #TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike! Big thanks!

I bear witness, with the prayer that it may lead to change that saves lives. The city claims the thing in this video is a bike lane on this route to numerous schools. A man walking was killed last week at this crosswalk-to-nowhere. When is it time for change that meets national standards? When is it time?

#BearingWitness #documenting A motor vehicle driver killed a man who was walking here last week.

The blog post on TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike.com from day I survived #HitAndRun (search Victim) while on my #bike 🚲 in #Dunwoody #Georgia USA 🇺🇸 continues to be most viewed of all time with people tapping in from all over the world 🌎. Join me in expecting change that meets #NACTO guidelines now, not next year, not in 20 years. Email your city leaders anywhere and everywhere today. #bicyclemayor @bycs @bikeleague @bicyclingmag @oprah @secretarypete No more #ConeOfSilence @bikelaw

Here r my @pedalpowerwithpattie bike students again. They r #refugees-of-war from the Democratic Republic of Congo now living in #Clarkston, GA (the most diverse square mile in the USA 🇺🇸). They (and their 2 brothers) need some stuff to go to camp. Am gathering items from people locally and collecting $ from anywhere until Wednesday. Folks have donated $125 so far, which is super generous but not quite enough yet. If u want and can, u can Venmo me at sustainablepattie@comcast.net. Thank u! They r awesome girls with some uphills ahead of them. #WorldRefugeeDay

2-way protected cycletracks as far as the eye can see. (Thank u, #Atlanta.)

Today is #WorldRefugeeDay. I’m helping get 2 youth refugees-of-war (and @pedalpowerwithpattie students) ready for camp. They need stuff. If u want and can, feel free to Venmo me at sustainablepattie@comcast.net. In video, u can hear the younger sister, who was afraid to ride after a fall (but DID!) They are awesome girls facing a lot of uphill challenges right now.

If nothing changes even after people get killed, what will it take?

There is no moral high ground regarding slavery in USA history. No region was “better.” Juneteenth is the day it ended (officially, but not in practice). (Photo taken last week at the African American Burial Grounds National Monument in NYC while riding @citibike.)

Meet Lan. She’s #TodaysNiceStranger. I met her while I was chopping down #bamboo for my #SharingGarden. She has a garden, too! She likes to cook bamboo shoots. See more nice people met while #TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike @todaysnicestranger 🚲❤️ 📷 #streetportrait #streetphotography #ITalkToStrangers

Bringin’ home more wild #bamboo!

Front-yard #vineyard in #MidtownAtlanta!

Oh, and there were #doughnuts. There r always doughnuts. One of the great joys of #bike riding 🚲❤️ 🍩 @revolutiondoughnuts #donutride #vegan

This is a peek at a 10-mile loop I pieced together in Atlanta years ago, and still ride often. It is almost completely separate from motor vehicles (no #BikeNoodle, no sidewalks like in suburbia!) and showcases a wide range of GREAT infrastructure (but also a bad door zone bike lane because reality ain’t perfect). It served as the route for the #sustainability tour I created and led for @biketoursatl (which u can still book with an even better guide!). It’s the route I offered to take Metro Atlanta municipal leaders and others interested in this stuff on. #bicyclemayor #TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike I’ll do a @ridespot tour of it and post on my blog at TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike.com/routes. It is sooooo good. It includes 2 top-10-in-the-USA 🇺🇸 bike lanes, a gold-level #BicycleFriendlyUniversity, and a gorgeous tree canopy microclimate where the temp drops 15 degrees (which is heaven in the summer in Atlanta)! Plus so much more! @georgiatech #peopleforbikes @atlantabike @pathfoundationatlanta @treesatlanta @poncecitymarket @superpan @hense

Rode my #BestOfAtlanta infrastructure loop today in honor of the #BlinkiesAwards tonight! Thank you, @cityofatlantaga and @atlantabike. U saved my life back in 2013 (story in my book, TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike.com/book).

Had to. (Fun fact: I went to the #GoGos concert at #JonesBeach in 1984 with my friend Marcelle.)

How come we can put cones out for potholes but not for people riding bikes?

Let’s go, USA 🇺🇸 . Time for a #RollingWaveSummer of temporary pop-up protected bike lanes everywhere. No more #ConeOfSilence when your citizens ask for safe access now, not in 20 years. Children don’t wait — they grow up. Mine have. Plus, #BikesMeanBusiness, since people on bikes shop locally more. If #COVID has taught us anything, it’s that we don’t have time to waste anymore. No more #greenwashing or #CompromisesThatKill. #RubberHitsTheRoad truth and action is the only way forward. @peopleforbikes @bikeleague @bicyclingmag @bycs_org @secretarypete @jsadikkhan @oprah @kingjames @schwarzenegger #RoadViolenceSurvivor #TravelingAtTheSpeedOfBike #citycouncilor #mayor

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