• MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 days ago

    You should throw a little fundraiser party at a local event space, invite some local cyclists, pool some money together, and just start doing it. They cost around $4500, from my research, which is really steep but probably doable with a large enough group of people.

    You don’t need to wait for your government to do things for you. A great example of this in action is PARC who started patching potholes in Portland, OR when the government wouldn’t.

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      23 days ago

      I was thinking of asking our regional cycling coalition if they’d be interested… then stuff like “what happens if someone breaks it?” and “what’s needed to get members to borrow one for use?” etc… then my enthusiasm for that idea disappeared, as they’d have to basically build a program around it.

      But fuck, maybe my city will offer a “green grant” if I bought one myself! LOL