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indigi posted:wtf is congestion pricing communism!
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indigi posted:tolls where, like on bridges/tunnels, so if you stay in your borough(s) you’re basically fine? or just random streets? implementation varies. usually it's travelling through neighborhoods/districts/areas at various license-plate-billing-tracking systems (like fastrak or ezpass or w/e) point of entries and exits because that's the cheapest place to put as minimum as possible, but can sometimes specific streets even just one street, or all* the streets.
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Sep 21, 2021 23:54
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indigi posted:tolls where, like on bridges/tunnels, so if you stay in your borough(s) you’re basically fine? or just random streets? think of it like a city wall, only crossing the boundary incurs the toll. london's had one for years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_congestion_charge
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Sep 21, 2021 23:54
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congestion pricing is good and they should do it
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lobster shirt posted:congestion pricing is good and they should do it I already said that. ArmZ posted:communism!
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Sep 21, 2021 23:59
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we should abolish all tolls, gas taxes, car taxes, and subsidize gas and cars so poor people can get to work on time
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Xaris posted:implementation varies. usually it's travelling through neighborhoods/districts/areas at various license-plate-billing-tracking systems (like fastrak or ezpass or w/e) point of entries and exits because that's the cheapest place to put as minimum as possible, but can sometimes specific streets even just one street, or all* the streets. wow I bet the nypd doesn’t abuse this information at all
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Xaris posted:we should abolish all tolls, gas taxes, car taxes, and subsidize gas and cars so poor people can get to work on time actually nigeria's policy
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Sep 22, 2021 00:02
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paul_soccer12 posted:cars are extremely convenient if you have to move something from point a to point b. imo. sounds good, we should make them a requirement to do absolutely anything
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:I'm no longer in NYC (Chicago is my new haunt now, it's cool), anyway: the subway is back to 24 hour service
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It's not THAT bad a song
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Sep 22, 2021 01:18
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Ironically I see a lot of greyhounds in NYC because they're supposed to be great apartment dogs... they sleep on the couch like 18 hours a day... Literally one of the dogs you need a car for least
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Sep 22, 2021 02:20
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car owners and operators are dumb as poo poo what do you expect, i almost got murded this morning on my commute i felt the extended truck mirror clip my helmet.
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Sep 22, 2021 03:50
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drivers are dumb for sure but I’ve seen far more bikers drive directly into a stationary object and wipe out so idk if they’re any better
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indigi posted:drivers are dumb for sure but I’ve seen far more bikers drive directly into a stationary object and wipe out so idk if they’re any better you can't see any potential difference
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Sep 22, 2021 04:03
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i say swears online posted:you can't see any potential difference yeah I see way more cars on a day to day basis so the rate stats on bike crashes have to be insane
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Sep 22, 2021 04:05
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I have seen more cars maim people than I have cyclists falling down due to their own stupidity.
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indigi posted:yeah I see way more cars on a day to day basis so the rate stats on bike crashes have to be insane sigh
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Polo-Rican posted:Ironically I see a lot of greyhounds in NYC because they're supposed to be great apartment dogs... they sleep on the couch like 18 hours a day... Literally one of the dogs you need a car for least yes they don't do poo poo, but I still brought my previous greyhound to a lot of stuff, especially when she was younger. Meet and greets at various pet stores, homes of other people who had greyhounds, etc.
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indigi posted:drivers are dumb for sure but I’ve seen far more bikers drive directly into a stationary object and wipe out so idk if they’re any better yeah cyclists can be clumsy but nothing is built for them. imagine you're left-handed and trying to make your way in a world that is built for righties. and there are loving righties everywhere and they are extremely aggressive and they move loving fast. sometimes a righty will see a lefty and say "hey gently caress you lefty human being" and sometimes a righty won't see a lefty and then vaporize all of their internal organs.
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Suplex Liberace posted:I have seen more cars maim people than I have cyclists falling down due to their own stupidity. that’s wild. I’ve never seen anyone maimed buy a car, the few accidents I’ve seen happen everyone walked away from (not counting horrific highway accident aftermaths, I’m sure some people got dead there) e: oh I did see someone on a motorcycle wipe out at an intersection and have their head run over. it was fuckin so much blood. but thankfully the helmet just deformed instead of cracking open and spared me seeing the worst. that counts as a car accident imo
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Sep 22, 2021 05:26
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Notorious R.I.M. posted:accidents 
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Every time. every single time lol
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cars are easily the most complex machine most people will operate in their lives and they can kill really really easily since they contain a ton of energy and require attentive focus at all times - lol
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:require attentive focus at all times - lol *texting on my phone while smoking and doing makeup*
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i i hate i hate cars
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Notorious R.I.M. posted:accidents the best is when the local news says “a car hit a pedestrian today”, and not “a person driving a car”
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yard salad posted:the best is when the local news says “a car hit a pedestrian today”, and not “a person driving a car” a pedestrian was struck in a car-involved traffic collision
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Sep 22, 2021 13:46
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yard salad posted:the best is when the local news says “a car hit a pedestrian today”, and not “a person driving a car” it's weird that there isn't a commonly used word for someone driving a car. if you were to say "driver" here, it sort of sounds like a commercial/professional driver. you could say "cyclist" and it's unambiguous. "a cyclist struck a pedestrian" vs. "a driver struck a pedestrian", you're right that the media and most regular people would choose to say "a car struck a pedestrian" instead. in rally we call the crew of a car the pilot/co-pilot (from french) or the driver/co-driver, but again, it's in a setting where that wording is unambiguous
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Sep 22, 2021 13:55
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1st time a car hit me I was stopped at a red and the car pulled up after me split my lane then when the light turned green they turned directly into me and knocked me onto their hood. Gave me like a whoopsie doo smile and left.
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vyelkin posted:i
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vyelkin posted:
lol it really is astounding how much worse we made cities, look at this poo poo
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vyelkin posted:
it's my belief that cars have made people deeply antisocial... to get around buffalo in the 1950s picture, you have to encounter lots of other people... the second picture looks ugly to us itt, but if you asked a bunch of suburbanites which town they'd rather navigate, they'd probably pick the second because it because it means they can travel to their destination in a sealed steel box without having to see or hear anybody else. the average 2021 suburbanite would have 100 panic attacks if they needed to navigate the town in the first picture to go buy toilet paper hot cocoa on the couch posted:...the media and most regular people would choose to say "a car struck a pedestrian" instead. This is a feature not a bug! drivers used to be much more visible in older cars... the first cars were essentially convertibles. As time has gone on, car design has evolved to make the driver more anonymous. when's the last time you saw a convertible for sale? nobody who lives in the suburbs wants to loving see anybody, or be seen by anybody. One of the reasons drivers instinctively bristle at cyclists is because they can see the person - the person is more visible than the bicycle itself. And when a bicyclist looks at them, it shatters the secure sense of anonymity they previously felt sitting in the drivers seat. drivers don't think people see them, they think people see their car (and they're mostly right) Polo-Rican has issued a correction as of 15:11 on Sep 22, 2021 |
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Look, I will happily accept the abolition of car culture if it's still possible to get where I want to go, but don't loving try to make me socialize with other people.
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docbeard posted:Look, I will happily accept the abolition of car culture if it's still possible to get where I want to go, but don't loving try to make me socialize with other people. the secret is that the two go hand-in-hand! abolish car culture and tighter societies naturally form you don't necessarily need to "socialize" with more people, as in smile and talk to them... you can wear earbuds and go around without saying a word... but you will naturally encounter more people, which is good. part of the richness of everyday city life comes simply from seeing people as opposed to cultural institutions. I don't go to museums every day but I do see people walking cute dogs or wearing funny t-shirts that make me smile Polo-Rican has issued a correction as of 15:19 on Sep 22, 2021 |
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Polo-Rican posted:it's my belief that cars have made people deeply antisocial... to get around buffalo in the 1950s picture, you have to encounter lots of other people... the second picture looks ugly to us itt, but if you asked a bunch of suburbanites which town they'd rather navigate, they'd probably pick the second because it because it means they can travel to their destination in a sealed steel box without having to see or hear anybody else. the average 2021 suburbanite would have 100 panic attacks if they needed to navigate the town in the first picture to go buy toilet paper i agree with your point in that society has moved to an anti-social mindset - living in suburbs where every house is the owner/renters castle, you don't know your neighbours, transportation takes place in isolated and selfish methods, etc. - and it's especially apparent living in a co-operative where i have radically different experiences than my friends and family in terms of lifestyle. however, convertibles are still super popular around here in the summer, it seems like every other car on the road is a convertible on a sunny sunday (i own a targa top too so i dunno, maybe it's my own bias) hot cocoa on the couch has issued a correction as of 15:20 on Sep 22, 2021 |
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The word is motorist. Like 'a texting motorist collided with a seven year old girl today in downtown dumbassville. The motorist was very shaken up and was late to their brunch date' or 'the motorist has sued the estate of the seven year old girl for emotional damages and also to touch up the bumper of their Tahoe.'
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The word is motorist. Like 'a texting motorist collided with a seven year old girl today in downtown dumbassville. The motorist was very shaken up and was late to their brunch date' or 'the motorist has sued the estate of the seven year old girl for emotional damages and also to touch up the bumper of their Tahoe.' aha, yes. thank you
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