Enhance the commute with haikus
Yesterday, Marc Tomik (@marctomik) adapted an idea from King County, Washington and the Washington (state) DOT to write haikus about transportation on Twitter.
Because Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct is being torn down, @wsdot started a contest to write some “vaikus” about the viaduct.
- Viaduct Haiku or #vaiku · wsdot · StorifyVaiku format: 5 syllables, 7, 5. Do not #vaiku while driving. Someone could die-ku. Be nice. We are a family twitterfeed. #viadoom Drivin…
- Marc decided to call for some road haikus.
- @CCTgirl @RideLikeCharlie @ajfroggie Roads really need Haikus. http://t.co/o7vr73te cc @wsdot
- And Adam Froehlig and others jumped right in:
- I decided to try and thread the tweets by introducing the #transpohaiku hashtag. And it kind of took off from there.
- Some of the tweets echoed debates we often have on Greater Greater Washington.
- Metro was a common subject, of course.
- The idea spread to other cities, too.
- Mapping Fixed Guideway | Use as a quick ‘burgh guide | This is Still a draft #TranspoHaiku @PGHtransit @bus15237 http://t.co/ydhvq8bK
- We were even joined by the venerable Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation, Montgomery council member Roger Berliner, and @wmata.
- Stopping texts stops wrecks/ @AdCouncil and @NHTSAgov/ say in PSA #transpohaiku http://t.co/4tGRDBCy #dwd
- Tweets are still coming in, too.
If you’re on Twitter, join the conversation. If not, leave your haikus in the comments.