My absolute favorite, I (accidentally) grew three plants this year!
01.10.2025 21:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@lauraridesbuses.bsky.social
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My absolute favorite, I (accidentally) grew three plants this year!
01.10.2025 21:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Members of the Pierce County Council in front of the dias with mobility advocates Krystal and Tony
Pierce County Week Without Driving proclamation, notably missing local villain CM Cruver who hid on the side and refused to participate
30.09.2025 22:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seattle sure was stunning last night
26.09.2025 18:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you to Congresswoman Emily Randall for riding the bus with us today in Tacoma! π
23.09.2025 22:22 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That's almost exactly what happened how did you know
23.09.2025 05:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why do people always come to my side of the office to loudly talk on their phones? Like, I'm literally right here working, I know you can see me, this is why they bought sound proof phone booths on the other side of the office???
22.09.2025 23:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.
21.09.2025 22:17 β π 18318 π 5655 π¬ 412 π 267Got some new ones, so here's a tour of my favorite bike stickers. No one asked, but you're welcome anyway.
20.09.2025 23:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think weβll be ok
18.09.2025 03:09 β π 22383 π 5075 π¬ 462 π 149Photo of an ebike control panel showing 500 miles on the odometer, with a painted sharrow on the path in the background
5 months, 500 miles.
16.09.2025 19:19 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Soapboxing about how RRFBs are inappropriate on state highways, featuring SR-7 on a Saturday morning and the Pierce County Climate Cohort.
13.09.2025 19:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One perk of biking across the desolate & loud ped bridge over I-5: you can scream sing along to Hayley Williams' Parachute as loud as you want and no one can hear you
13.09.2025 14:50 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Over the last three weeks, we interviewed all 10 Tacoma Mayor and Council candidates about transportation and mobility issues, and had them ride transit with us while doing it. It'll take a bit to get them edited and posted, but I'm excited to share those conversations with folks.
12.09.2025 23:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So fun that you saw us!
12.09.2025 04:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Annual policy bike ride, featuring Tacoma CMs Walker, Hines, and Rumbaugh. Grateful to everyone who came out, asked questions, shared their thoughts, and made new friends π΄ββοΈ
12.09.2025 04:30 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1RIP free ride zone π as a 15 year old I used to take the 545 in form Redmond and then just hop buses for free all day in Seattle.
11.09.2025 20:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A large black Ford truck next to a much smaller white Kia.
Truck bed the same height as our entire car
11.09.2025 19:56 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1no offends if this is you but if you're thinking "this is going to make the right do fascism" they're already there. they blew up a boat with 11 people on it for being immigrants. they're kidnapping US citizens and trying to rendition them to Uganda. do you think we're on a trajectory to peace
10.09.2025 19:38 β π 21859 π 5332 π¬ 187 π 113Weird to be in a meeting pretending like half of us didn't watch a political assassination video right before getting on Teams
10.09.2025 21:12 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I love riding the bus so much.
08.09.2025 02:02 β π 81 π 4 π¬ 2 π 2Found this gem at a Value Village in Tacoma. Same one where I found a DOTG shirt a few years ago. Same person?? π
07.09.2025 20:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Toyota parked on a curb ramp
Drivers be like, what do you mean I can't park on the pedestrian ramp?
06.09.2025 03:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Subaru parked in front of a no parking sign
Drivers be like, but I don't want to carry my kayak
06.09.2025 03:41 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Did someone add my work email to the My Pillow mailing list because it is funny but also I'm getting like five emails a day
04.09.2025 16:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sorry for the lack of optimism! I try not to be a downer but I have to be realistic. Community Transit receives twice the funding of PT and was more able to plan for Northgate.
02.09.2025 15:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More local funding would result in increased frequencies to FW, but no plans for new routes there in the long range plan. Obviously that could change, but to be completely honest I don't see a path where new service to FW happens in the next year. No money, no operators. We'll see what ridership is.
02.09.2025 15:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You're so cool
31.08.2025 23:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At a red light. Truck driver across the intersection decides to treat it like a stop sign, creeps forward then runs it. Driver in front of us decides "oh, guess we're doing this!" and runs it too, bizarrely throwing up their arms in exasperation as they choose to break the law.
30.08.2025 20:30 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 3 π 1