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i can't believe cyclists are behaving so atrociously, we all know that car drivers never look at their phones, run red lights, or zoom across lanes heedless of other people.
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Oct 3, 2021 15:51
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I like how the little excerpt talks about jaywalkers being nervous, as if jaywalking isn't literally the pedestrian version of what the bikes and cars are doing.
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Oct 3, 2021 16:40
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jaywalking isn't real
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the MN DOT is planning to make major changes to I-94, it gets a ton of traffic (150K vehicles/day) and has several points where the congestion is absolutely horrid, specifically the part where it runs parallel to 35W. The westbound part (arrow) starts backing up at 2 pm - the gray part of 94 just to the west of the arrow point is the lowry tunnel, which is only two lanes. So it creates an enormous bottleneck, both because it goes to two lanes, and you have so many people that are either going to uptown (area just south of the tunnel), 394 (leading to the western suburbs), or continuing on 94. After you get through the tunnel the congestion disappears. They literally cannot make it any wider (not that that would help because of induced demand). Unfortunately the option of blowing it up is not going to happen. I do like one idea which is to cover large portions of it to make it basically a pedestrian/bike/public transit space, and that would reduce noise issues as well, as well as the separation of communities on opposite sides of 94. Having the middle of 94 be dedicated to public transit is also a good idea - they have this on 35W where the middle is only for express buses, with bus stations that are well protected from the freeway and the elements. One use of 94 that is a bit harder to deal with than cars is all the freight usage. In an ideal world we'd have trains for this, but for now maybe a dedicated freight/truck lane?
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Oct 3, 2021 17:00
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IAMKOREA posted:Welp just gonna ride my bike over to the PTSD factory see ya l8er! this thread is gonna produce a shooter
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Oct 3, 2021 17:03
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car culture is the loving worst. i want to be able to bike around in my city but it's loving impossible, i'd get smashed so instead i have to pay to operate this dumb loving machine. number 1: they're loud number 2, you get no exercise, just sit in a position that's bad for you number 3] they're too expensive number 4) they're ugly (you're ugly too) number 5. they smell bad number 6| they're expensive and everyone judges you if you don't spend enough on them number 7\ i hate them number 9} they make you antisocial number 10- i hate them
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Oct 3, 2021 17:04
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Dolphin posted:
counterpoint, 1990s station wagons are cool as hell looking
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Oct 3, 2021 17:07
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things i hate 1 cars, 2 cars, 3 cars 4 cars 5 cars, 6 cars 7 pickup trucks 8 suvs 9 cars 10 cars 11 cars 12 cars 13
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Oct 3, 2021 17:27
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has anyone ever invented a kind of caltrop that can affect car tires but not bike tires
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Oct 3, 2021 17:30
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:has anyone ever invented a kind of caltrop that can affect car tires but not bike tires
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Oct 3, 2021 17:34
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Dolphin posted:that would probably be pretty easy, just make it push the spike up when enough weight is added. could be an issue with fat people but what are the odds they're on a bicycle can you whip something up in CAD? thanks
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Oct 3, 2021 17:36
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:jaywalking isn't real lmao. its true.
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Oct 3, 2021 17:45
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Look at all those loving jays walking across the street
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Lol i love the pearl clutching tone of this Pedestrians TREMBLED as they looked left snd then right and then left again before crossing!
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Oct 3, 2021 17:48
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Notorious R.I.M. posted:Look at all those loving jays walking across the street hey jay, what's up
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Oct 3, 2021 17:52
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Vomik posted:this thread is gonna produce a shooter gently caress I hope so
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Oct 3, 2021 17:53
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Dolphin posted:that would probably be pretty easy, just make it push the spike up when enough weight is added. could be an issue with fat people but what are the odds they're on a bicycle something speed bump shaped where the upper surface is held up by springs that compress when run over
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Oct 3, 2021 18:49
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saw a car the other day. horrible creatures.
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SKULL.GIF posted:something speed bump shaped where the upper surface is held up by springs that compress when run over okay what are we waiting for lets whip up a prototype.
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Oct 3, 2021 19:24
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Dolphin posted:car culture is the loving worst. i want to be able to bike around in my city but it's loving impossible, i'd get smashed so instead i have to pay to operate this dumb loving machine. If you hate something because other people judge you, take that as an opportunity to self-improve. It's important for your enjoyment to exist outside of other people after all other people don't give a gently caress about you, be sure to return the favor especially in leisure activity.
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Oct 3, 2021 19:25
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Vomik posted:this thread is gonna produce a shooter Picture of the trolly problem: but with cars strapped to the tracks. Trains are more efficient than guns.
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Oct 3, 2021 19:25
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cool av posted:saw a car the other day. horrible creatures. cars?! I HATE those!! … GET OUT OF MY FACE
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Ah yes, the well known MTA death tunnels where thousands of subway riders every years are killed in tunnel fire accidents. Above ground tracks represent a very expensive externality for residents of the neighborhoods they traverse. Burying tracks protects them from inclimate weather and allow much more surface use within the area's they serve. For cross country trains, sure, above ground is fine, for mass transit within urban areas udnerground is a long term investment and we don't need liberals screeching about costs. Lol shut up nimby urban streetcars are cool and good and were so successful it took a combined automotive industry effort to capture-and-kill them off. watch the famous documentary on the phenomenon, who framed roger rabbit? Harik has issued a correction as of 20:31 on Oct 3, 2021 |
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i think the disconnect here is ate poo poo is talking about car-centric exurb commute "mass transit" and I'm talking about non-car-based transport that good cities have like no poo poo manhattan can't put their subways at street level because they have 50,000 square miles of wasteland exurb car-based mcmansions swarming the city that funnel into a handful of major lines optimized for getting people into and out of the city as quickly and efficiently as possible vs a network of slower street-level bus replacements to get from your apartment to a store 3-4 blocks away. you can do this with dedicated bus lanes but that's a larger wear surface (street and rubber tires throwing up pollution) and contributes to ground impermeability. You can have gravel & greenery alongside tracks aside from stations & crossings. lower speeds means less of a risk of hitting pedestrians and any vehicles operating inside city limits would be strictly licensed and operated, not random people driving around in personal cars you still need higher speed interconnect lines (raised, buried or dedicated no-crossing ROW depending on the need) but they can have much fewer stops than car-based mass transit lines, since wherever the go there would be a local surface level transit system to take advantage of e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWjtpzCIfA vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeOKbIxXk9c
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Oct 3, 2021 20:55
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put them underground it’s annoying to ride a bike over tracks
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:If you hate something because other people judge you, take that as an opportunity to self-improve. It's important for your enjoyment to exist outside of other people after all other people don't give a gently caress about you, be sure to return the favor especially in leisure activity.
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Oct 3, 2021 21:16
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written by an expat from washington dc as opposed to a real parisian, and it couldn't be more obvious
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Oct 3, 2021 21:20
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put the cars underground and then dynamite the tunnel supports let the trains be free
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Oct 3, 2021 21:24
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trains are just cars that have been dommed by the state
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Oct 3, 2021 21:26
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Harik posted:like no poo poo manhattan can't put their subways at street level because they have 50,000 square miles of wasteland exurb car-based mcmansions swarming the city that funnel into a handful of major lines optimized for getting people into and out of the city as quickly and efficiently as possible that’s nj transit and metro north - which are street level
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Oct 3, 2021 22:06
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people and their cars and waiting in line with their cars at the costco
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Oct 3, 2021 22:08
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driving to dunkin donuts and waiting 25 minutes in the drive-through line to get a medium coffee
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Polo-Rican posted:driving to dunkin donuts and waiting 25 minutes in the drive-through line to get a medium coffee the entire inside area to order is completely empty but the line is backed into the street
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Oct 3, 2021 22:30
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underground rail and aboveground rail are both good people just importing their local bullshit pertaining to stalling tactics that transit opponents use. The way this issue hashes out is very regional
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Oct 3, 2021 22:33
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the line that I smash into and die because I haven’t slept more than 3 hours between shifts at different companies in 2 years
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Vomik posted:the entire inside area to order is completely empty but the line is backed into the street yes!! I grew up in central connecticut and dunkin is basically the only "culture." when I was younger & working part time jobs in high school, it was probably 50/50 inside customers / drive-thru customers. Now, when I go back to visit for holidays and whatnot, it's 100% drive through, not a single soul goes inside, which is especially weird because the drive through line moves at a snail's pace I mentioned this earlier in the thread but CT specifically is one of the most car-poisoned states. quality of life completely obliterated by NY and MA through-traffic, yet too cowardly to put tolls on the highways because the word "tolls" makes drivers mad
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new england (or at least the providence-boston area) has the worst drivers on the goddamn planet. they especially don't deserve their cars and those places actually have functional mass transit you know where it's fun to drive? nigeria. i saw a policeman do a perfect pirouette and smash a window out with the butt of his rifle because the guy ahead of me went up on the sidewalk to take a right on red it's actually easier than in the states, because everyone has their windows down and communicates with eyes, shouting and honking. it rules
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