Last few commutes have been frustrating - it's time for Rhody Days, so in prep for the parade here in town they had a "litter crew" out on the street this week. But they shoveled all the dirt and crap on the sidewalk INTO THE BIKE LANE. It was almost completely unusable for the majority of this week, but they've sent the sweeper out so the bike lane is now clean again. Hooray.

Then last night as I was riding into work, I turned down a residential side street I was fully in the "lane" (no markings on this road, Speed limit is 20 mph) to avoid the door zone. A silver sedan pulled in behind me. I signaled left and just as I was turning they roared past me on the left side. The dude is lucky I'm a better cyclist than he is a driver and I managed to abort my turn before he ran me over. ******canoe.