Inventing fun transportation hashtags: #freshKermit
By now, fans of Streetfilms probably know about the explosion of the hashtag #sneckdown on Twitter earlier this year. Now we are slowly watching another phenomenon roll out and it is easy enough to contribute.
In what has to make the Green Lane Project team happy, when Streetfilms fans have been seeing freshly painted (or re-painted) protected bike lanes in that bright green color that looks closer to a famous muppet, they're using the tag #freshkermit. Here's a few recent examples. Keep an eye out in your city and tweet away!
“@TransportBlog: @Streetfilms @GreenLaneProj some #freshkermit from Auckland, officially opens today pic.twitter.com/cDKnfKwji7” Awesome!
— Local Auckland (@LocalAuckland) September 5, 2014
Post-election surprise: #FreshKermit on Market St! pic.twitter.com/0MPDx35yU5 — Mark Dreger (@twinpeaks_sf) November 5, 2014
Recent #freshKermit on #bikenyc Kent Ave in Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/twnKksM4kE
— Streetfilms (@Streetfilms) September 5, 2014
#freshKermit #epicinfra RT @SeaTransitBlog: Some more photos of #2ndAve #protectedbikelane pic.twitter.com/wXC89SFcQV — MadPark Greenways (@Mpgreenways) September 6, 2014
This brand new feeder cycle lane on K'Rd was also "not possible" until someone clever @AklTransport got on the job pic.twitter.com/Kh5YEXeh8u
— Pippa Coom (@pippacoom) November 19, 2014
@Streetfilms @pippacoom @AklTransport Wish we had some #freshkermit in Denver. — Steven Chester (@UrbanDenver) November 19, 2014