This “3 Questions With” comes from a sponsored interview in partnership with Tecovas.
Back in 2022, Nashville’s adorable bike lane sweeper got its very own name, as voted by locals: Demonbroomin, after our commonly mispronounced street name, Demonbreun. Korey Crow is the lucky individual who gets to drive Demonbroomin, and we chatted with him about what it’s like.
Did you realize you’d become a local celebrity when you took this job?
“I did not. The biggest place I get flagged is when I do 16th and 17th from Buddy Killen to 21st Avenue. We're usually getting stopped by two or three people. They're like, ‘Hey, can we take a picture of you?’ We're on Facebook or Twitter all the time. I’m still not used to it.”
What does an average day look like for you?
“We do our roll call first thing in the morning. I get my guy who I’m training for the week, and we go out and do our walk around and make sure Demonbroomin is in good shape before we take it out on a route — make sure there's no oil, the brooms are in good shape, nothing wrong that will cause a slow down.
“We usually drive around the route first to make sure there’s no big debris, like tires, rims, hubcaps, anything that the sweeper cannot pick up. We'll go about and make sure we pick those up by hand, and then we’ll go find our normal parking spots and proceed with the route.”
How does your work make Nashville a better place?
“I’ve had people come up to me and tell me how much they appreciate my work. A lot of cyclists use nitrous tires, and some have bigger tires. Cyclists are very grateful that I’m cleaning up to keep those from getting damaged. It’s less for them to worry about.”
