Daily Commute

Motivation

Dangers

• The City of Pittsburgh! Vehicles are needed for occasional maintenance and are usually careful and politely stop while I pass. Occasionally there are less than careful drivers who drive way too fast. In the 10 months that I have been commuting this way, I have had two close calls, mostly around blind corners where I slow down and the driver does not.
• The City of Pittsburgh II. The city has a cleaning vehicle that reminds me of the Zamboni because it leaves a streak of water in its wake. The hillarious thing is that they use this machine when the air temperature is below freezing! I assumed that the city would be smart enough not to do this and therefore did not consider the danger the first time I encountered the situation. I rode my bike over what I thought was water but in fact was a sheet of ice and had a near encounter with the river.
• Geese. The geese get aggressive when they're protecting their young, hissing at me as I try to pass. They also aren't able to understand that my direction of travel indicates my future position. They know they want to get out of my way but they end up waddling back and forth in an alarmed fashion without actually clearing a path for me.

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