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Turns out that while suburbans love the way everyone pays for their roads, theyaren't so keen when other people actually use them.
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pointsofdata posted:Turns out that while suburbans love the way everyone pays for their roads, theyaren't so keen when other people actually use them. yeah the traffic on my cul-de-sac is horrible no wait it isnt
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Jun 17, 2016 00:46
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grid system superiority. there's no reason to favor my street over the surrounding ones (actually my street is off of the strict Chicago grid, it goes southeast and is very short and one-way. the only street that feeds it is one of the original diagonals in the Burnham Plan but that goes northeast/southwest, making my street really unappealing to motorists looking to cut through. it owns.)
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Jun 17, 2016 00:56
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LastInLine posted:yeah the traffic on my cul-de-sac is horrible no wait it isnt because it's dead, disconnected, space which no one wants to visit?
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Jun 17, 2016 09:56
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if you want to reduce road traffic build a normal, connected road then block one end to motor traffic while letting bikes and pedestrians through.
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Jun 17, 2016 10:01
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minivanmegafun posted:grid system superiority. there's no reason to favor my street over the surrounding ones indeed. my street is choked with parked cars on either side, speedbumps, off-center intersections, and stop signs, making it infuriating driving through it, but pleasant and safe to cycle.
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Jun 17, 2016 14:56
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that sounds p unpleasant in general actually
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Jun 17, 2016 15:42
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Satellit3 posted:that sounds p unpleasant in general actually it sucks to drive through, which is the point
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Jun 17, 2016 15:54
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traffic diets and traffic calming own
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Jun 17, 2016 16:06
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in a grid, are alternating direction one way streets more efficient?
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Jun 17, 2016 16:07
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in Boston news, they're putting in protected bike lanes on one of the most dangerous streets in downtown. I went to the planning commission meeting slash so did dozens of people also in the Boston Cyclists Union to raise hell because one woman died and lots of people got injured
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Jun 17, 2016 16:08
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which street
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Jun 17, 2016 16:39
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Grandmaster.flv posted:in Boston news, they're putting in protected bike lanes on one of the most dangerous streets in downtown. better to just ban bicycles from the road as they cannot proceed safely with normal traffic
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Jun 17, 2016 16:42
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mass ave. between the bridge to like symphony
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Jun 17, 2016 16:53
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Grandmaster.flv posted:in Boston news, they're putting in protected bike lanes on one of the most dangerous streets in downtown. good work. protected lanes are great and many people to cycle who would otherwise never consider it.
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Jun 17, 2016 17:01
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Grandmaster.flv posted:traffic diets and traffic calming own mega greedo
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Jun 17, 2016 18:04
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yippee cahier posted:in a grid, are alternating direction one way streets more efficient? yep pairs of each are called couplets one way streets in general are more efficient and it should be legal to smash in someone's windows if they double park
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Jun 17, 2016 18:05
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pointsofdata posted:We're laughing at some stupid Chinese proposal but it's still way better than the hyperloop earlier this week i attended a technical luncheon where the topic was the california high speed rail project's progress there are always a handful of students at these things and at the end one of them asked if the hyperloop was being considered by caltrans the entire audience of engineers chuckled and the speaker went OH THE HYPERLOOP THAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY POWERED BY ITS USERS SCREAMS and i nearly fell outta my chair two of my bosses were there too and apparently know this guy and have invited him to the company picnic so i'm really hoping he comes
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Jun 17, 2016 18:11
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ban all vehicles from Manhattan
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Jun 17, 2016 18:46
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Grandmaster.flv posted:mass ave. between the bridge to like symphony oh nice
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Jun 17, 2016 18:51
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wish they'd unfuck boylston/essex, heading east across the city is basically impossible past the common/garden
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Jun 17, 2016 18:51
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Jimmy Carter posted:ban all vehicles from Manhattan it'd be nice if it was just "trucks, buses, and taxis only" or like that london congestion thing , there's probably some unintended consequence to this
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Jun 17, 2016 19:15
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blue-sky speculation about turning a major downtown thoroughfare into a car-free zone in toronto amusingly, doing so would increase the number of people able to use the street to cross the city core, since transit riders on the route already outnumber vehicle users
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Jun 17, 2016 19:23
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god i hope they do it and i get to watch people gnash their teeth into blood and pulp
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Jun 17, 2016 19:26
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i have a constitutional right to drive my automobile from the suburbs on publicly built and subsidized roads and park at publicly subsidized parking spots in front of the place i would like to go in the city. i mean, i gave that city $2 to park at the meter and $2 in sales tax on my purchases, THEY OWE ME. they should build bigger roads and parking lots so i can do it even faster and live even further away. sure, that will probably destroy the communities of the people that live in the city, shortening their life span and economic opportunity and my own life span and economic opportunity too, but *mumblemumble* free market *mumble* bootstrap *mumble* crime
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Jun 17, 2016 19:38
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Share Bear posted:it'd be nice if it was just "trucks, buses, and taxis only" or like that london congestion thing , there's probably some unintended consequence to this fygmers get mad
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Jun 17, 2016 19:41
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:the entire audience of engineers chuckled and the speaker went OH THE HYPERLOOP THAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY POWERED BY ITS USERS SCREAMS and i nearly fell outta my chair this owns
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Jun 17, 2016 19:56
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Bloody posted:fygmers get mad it does kind of screw over people who have to get to manhattan from the outer boroughs quickly via car which still count as nyc, who are among the poorer in the city it'd have to be offset by, i dunno, dedicated or separated bus lanes in bk/bx/qns
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Jun 17, 2016 19:59
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Bloody posted:wish they'd unfuck boylston/essex, heading east across the city is basically impossible past the common/garden Lmao at the concept of Boston's road system being unfuckedupable
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Jun 17, 2016 20:36
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you can walk or ride the subway everywhere in boston which is how it should be
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Jun 17, 2016 20:48
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Share Bear posted:it does kind of screw over people who have to get to manhattan from the outer boroughs quickly via car which still count as nyc, who are among the poorer in the city dedicated bus lanes haven't cut times down very much unforch
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Jun 17, 2016 21:04
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buses suck rear end and theres nothing you can do to make them not suck rear end
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Jun 17, 2016 21:04
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Shaggar posted:buses suck rear end and theres nothing you can do to make them not suck rear end electric buses in not-shitholes own sry london zone 1 needs to go all electric right goddamn now
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Jun 17, 2016 21:16
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lol no. theyre so bad everywhere you're just used to the worst transit possible
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Jun 17, 2016 21:17
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have you ever even seen a bus? like, i'm pretty sure most of your state lacks indoor plumbing. you're probably thinking of some mennonite hay wagon or something when you say bus
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Jun 17, 2016 21:32
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infernal machines posted:have you ever even seen a bus? shaggar lives in maine, the worst case for buses
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Jun 17, 2016 21:34
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infernal machines posted:have you ever even seen a bus? yes of course I have. they suck rear end. maybe you have not been in a car or subway or other good form of transportation so you don't really have a point of comparison
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Jun 17, 2016 21:36
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Malcolm XML posted:shaggar lives in maine, the worst case for buses yes buses are pointless in maine because things are too far apart to make them worth while for intercity transport and our cities and towns are small enough that you can walk everywhere. but they're also pointless everywhere else because once your city gets to the point that its no longer walkable, you should start to consider either subway or elevated rail.
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Jun 17, 2016 21:37
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buses are useful in chicago for getting to certain areas but id prefer to get somewhere by subway
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lots of people take buses of various kinds to work in seattle. its better than driving in that lovely traffic
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