@mello yello 55671 wrote:
I love it when I pull up at a stop light and there’s little kids staring at me from their car seat, I always wave at them, sometimes I get a wave back. This has happened at least once on about half of my limited number of commutes since BTWD. The pedestrians I don’t wave at, although if I ride on the sidewalk I’ll say thanks if they stop or move to the side.
I “wave” my fingers without removing my hand from the handlebar, will head-nod and make eye contact with bikes and cars, and will actually say ‘hey how’s it goin’, ‘morning’, etc after I call out ‘on your left’ if we’re riding the same direction. There are really very few bikes, I can afford to.
When I used to ride the MVT, however… that becomes like a mini freeway during commute times and no way was I ever acknowledging everyone. Some, sure… but pretty low key.
The kids are the best to wave to. They get so excited!
Just today on the CCT a kid was amazed when a road bike passed her (“Look at that one mommy!”). Then she noticed the guy using the path from Chain Bridge onto the CCT and said, “That ones in the trees!”. Then, as I rode by she exclaimed, “There’s another one!”
Kids really need to be on transportation planning boards. We’d have dedicated bike paths all over the place!
