Boring Dallas 2025-01-22: Walking (FoBL Meeting)

Temp: 50F (day) 37F (night)
AQI: GREEN (41) [Day], YELLOW (55) [Night]
Area: Marsh, Lemmon, Bluffview, Bluebonnet, NW Hwy, Bachman Greenbelt Trail, Bachman Lake Trail, Webb Chapel, El Centro
02:04 - Bad utility cuts.
02:37 - Example of why you wait at intersections.
04:10 - Why I often run through intersections, left turners.
05:21 - A red light does not mean you are safe from careless drivers.
05:30 - City of Dallas, why is the sidewalk missing here?
06:47 - Missed footage for Idiots in Cars.
07:41 - Stop signs are meaningless in a country of selfish drivers.
08:38 - Dutch design a pedestrian wouldn't have to go over/around a curb.
09:32 - Homeless encampment under NW Hwy, public housing.
09:52 - Wait!
11:22 - Two minutes and thirty seconds later, I get permission to walk.
11:27 - No more sidewalk for you...pedestrian (disgust in voice).
11:33 - Graffiti on walls and bridges, buckpassing TXDoT and City of Dallas.
12:55 - Pedestrian, here's some narrow sidewalk close to fast traffic.
13:27 - This man probably slept on a cold sidewalk that night.
14:46 - TXDoT still hasn't fixed their damn sign.
15:33 - Bamboo and vegetation that blocked the sidewalk trimmed.
16:02 - Back to the dirt and slopes for you...pedestrian (disgusted voice).
17:05 - New trail, Spring 2025, unless you live north of Shorecrest.
18:20 - Ass crack mound.
18:40 - Pound mound.
19:24 - The giant mutant ants have returned.
30:54 - Today dirt, tomorrow bikes and microplastics.
32:32 - Sunny with a chance of squish.
33:21 - Walk signal lasted 3 seconds, intersection takes 30 seconds to cross.
33:35 - Something is missing here.
35:06 - Bad utility cut, trip hazard.
39:31 - The meeting starts.
39:38 - Three hours later...
46:38 - Wait!
47:09 - Got tired of waiting, I think the signal was still beeping.
47:12 - A ridiculous winding path to get to another walk button.
47:47 - Wait (The Revenge)!
48:00 - Both walk signals activated (took one minute and 22 seconds).
48:17 - 17 seconds to cross two intersections three lanes wide, plus the meandering path.
48:22 - No walk signal here, you're on your own chief.
50:19 - Words fail me, pictures aren't much better.
50:43 - The rest of the spare tire, figured I'd find the vehicle eventually.
51:38 - Leaking water meter/main.
52:34 - U-turn into the convenience store, pro driver at work.
57:35 - Leave no stone unturned, especially those that block a sidewalk.
53:00-1:04:10 - Bluebonnet obstacle course.
1:05:47 - Walking to/from a grocery store in Dallas, weirdo.
1:07:28 - Doorway takes you to Bachman Branch, but I think if you have the recorder and blow certain tunes it will open the entrance to Level 7.
1:09:06 - Cochran Chapel Road, an entrance to Bachman Greenbelt.
1:13:24 - Wait!
1:14:31 - 1 minute, 7 seconds wait time, 30 seconds to cross six lanes of traffic and a median, while dodging slip lanes and left turns that ignore the walk signal.
1:14:40 - Dallas Hates Pedestrians, Texas utterly despises them.
1:17:02 - Sidewalk ends, the median for you, pedestrian (disgust voice).
1:18:48 - After walking the median, a sidewalk appears (other side of the street).
1:21:07 - Sidewalk ends, the median for you again, pedestrian (disgust voice).
1:26:43 - More sidewalk by the gated communities.
1:27:03 - This is some cemetery without a historical marker.
1:36:19 - Buffy was from Sunnydale, this is the informal path (by hotel) to the Bachman Greenbelt.
1:38:04 - Bachman Greenbelt Trail main sign, this is meant for daywalkers, not the night folks like myself.
1:40:52 - You'll just have to trust me that there's a majestic view here, unless you have night vision then you can see it in this shot.
1:42:51 -The formal nice entrance to the Bachman Greenbelt (by hotel).
1:44:51 - BLT 110, this is like some kind of Easter Egg level in a game.
1:47:55 - Puzzling? I ain't opening this box, I've seen Hellraiser.
1:50:16 - BLT 108, where's BLT 109? Find it and I bet you find the Power Armor.
1:51:29 - Another nutria sighting, you can kind of see his/her eyeball, unless you have night vision, then you can see him/her clear as day.
1:53:10 - And I'm at Bachman Lake Trail. Walking around it, for another time.
1:54:10 - From BLT 107 to BLT 112, found most of the missing markers, except BLT 109 (Power Armor), and BLT 111 (LSL4 missing floppies).
1:54:50 - Some cat was eyeballing me. Night vision folks can see the disrespect in his/her eyes.
1:56:45 - Panhandlers don't keep banker's hours.
1:59:02 - There's a story here, and it's a sucker's bet that it's pretty damn bad.
2:01:36 - Worn out path, indicating this is where people want sidewalk.
2:03:51 - Sidewalk blocked by some dick.
Sorry for the Dutch tilt, wasn't paying homage to the Batman series, just couldn't keep my head mount on straight.