Transportation
A New Twist in Guerrilla Bike Lanes: Toilet Plungers
Wichita’s likely first DIY protected lane involves items commonly wielded by plumbers.
In the short-but-busy history of DIY bike lanes, safety activists have staked out unofficial protected paths using flower pots, safe-hit posts, and now, in Wichita, rows of rubbery toilet plungers.
Was Kansas’s largest city visited by Raving Rabbids? Nobody seems to know who’s behind the plungers, which appeared more than a week ago in Wichita’s Old Town and were still up as “remnants” on Friday, according to KSN-TV. Here’s more from a guy who examined them: