Merlin Rainwater

[Love 30 Canada @Love30ca]

The laws of physics haven't changed since this brilliant illustration appeared in Albert Whitney's "Man and the Motor Car" (1936).

HT @tweetsupa

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

Lots of space for scooters and bike share, none for bikes like mine.

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@MikeLindblom @Spottnik I’m checking out the bike parking at AllStar Village and there is NONE. HUH???

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@MikeLindblom @Spottnik I’m checking out the bike parking at AllStar Village and there is NONE. HUH???

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

These arrows directing people to AllStar village are positioned so far from the curb cuts they can’t be read from a wheelchair

[Cascade Bicycle Club @CascadeBicycle]

Bike to the MLB All-Star events next Monday/Tuesday - we'll watch your bike for you, for FREE!

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Fire danger is abnormally high this holiday weekend.

URGING you to consider firework alternatives:

- screaming “bang! boom!” at the sky
- dropping a stack of large books on the floor
- wrapping a toga around a candle
- play America the Beautiful while combining Coke and Mentos

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@typewriteralley Thank you, Ryan. Do these folks have any idea how hilarious this would be, if it weren’t serious?

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@typewriteralley @BVanDeynze Wow! The recommendation for that connection came from a Bike Board scouting ride that Don Brubeck and I were on. I was surprised when SDOT took it seriously and put it in the plan.

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@typewriteralley What if Stay Healthy Streets had friendly signage like this in Portland instead of those hostile and confusing STREET CLOSED signs?

[Chris Kenyon @BoxbikeLondon]

Bike use is an all-age activity in the Netherlands.

Women over the age of 65 use bikes more than men and incredibly use bikes for a higher percentage of journeys than 20 - 30 year old men! /2

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@BarbChamberlain @VeronicaODavis Suggested this to Seattle Public Libraries- if more people suggest it, more likely it will be ordered!

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

Susie King Taylor. Another name to remember.

[ChristinaProenzaColes @ProenzaColes]

Susie King Taylor served in the American Civil War. Her captain wrote “I regret that you are debarred from having your name on the roll of pensioners as an Army Nurse; for among all the number of heroic women whom the government is now rewarding, I know of no one more deserving.”

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@Spottnik If you alternate the 62 and the 60 you’ll get the beautiful south end of Seattle as well.

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

Waiting half an hour from 11:00 pm to ??? for a northbound Link train - no announcement, no nothing. Supposedly 15 minute headways. Sad

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

Much improved Parkways map shows bike and transit access!

[Seattle Parks @SeattleParks]

@AnnaZivarts @KingCountyMetro Here you go! https://t.co/itOyOCGOHH

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@SeattleParks @AnnaZivarts @KingCountyMetro Thank you! With Gordon’s suggestions this will be just about perfect.

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@MikeLindblom Wish you wrote all of your own headlines!

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@MikeLindblom Remove the cars not the trees.

[Merlin Rainwater @merlinrain]

@typewriteralley @5thAveTheatre Maddening. Note that Pioneer Square heavily promotes driving to Art Walk to take advantage of FREE PARKING. Not a word about buses, bikes, ferries or trains.