User:Jscallen/sandbox

I have been a bicycle advocate since the 1960s, pedaling myself to and from classes year round through rain, snow and snow drifts. My bicycle has been pictured on front page of my local newspaper, and I've pedaled my way to Tufts Graduate School as well as to my first job in Wakefield, MA, pedaling up to 40 miles on Wednesdays in order to both work and finish up classes. I have volunteered at Bikes Not Bombs since the 1980s, helping them to set up bike shops from N. Uganda to S. Africa. They are focused currently on providing bikes locally, where the pandemic has caused a surge in demand from the bike shop in the old brewery building in Boston. This has led to the filling of our established bike lanes throughout Boston. One of my most memorable consults as an engineer was at MIT/KAVLI/LIGO, where I boosted the sensitivity by 10%, leading to the first proof of Einstein's theory of gravity waves, and detecting collisions from the opposite side of our galaxy. If there is anything that I might help out with, you may email this Boston area noise expert at: jscallen@gmail.com.