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McCracAttack posted:https://twitter.com/StreetsblogNYC/status/1580770622182858752 well yeah, it was determined not to be his fault because https://twitter.com/ImpunityCity/status/1580240829788004352 she died of road diet, not with road diet
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:That's really weird. Sounds like a particularly stupid cop. Around here, if two cars are in a crash, the testimony of the drivers does not matter at all. The cops will write it down but they usually are quite clear that no one gives a gently caress about driver testimony.
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cat botherer posted:The testimony of a driver is worth that of infinite dead cyclists. Meanwhile, this is my hockey rig, it slaps(hots):  Unfortunately there's no good way to attach the stick bag to the cart but on the plus side I can use it to joust with cars or other cyclists if needed.
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Electro-Boogie Jack posted:this is much closer to a cogent argument than ending your post with "but sure, cars bad, always, no matter what" People in this thread get real exhausting with the negativity sometimes. I'm old and tired. The only thing worse is people forgetting that it's the anti-car thread, not the pro-bike thread. The hate, the endless hate, it's so much
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I still like posting in and reading this thread because cars are awful, drivers suck, and talking about transit is fun
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:People in this thread get real exhausting with the negativity sometimes. I'm old and tired. The only thing worse is people forgetting that it's the anti-car thread, not the pro-bike thread. The hate, the endless hate, it's so much thread was at its best when it was more about humane, transit centered urban design than its current incarnation, albeit brief
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I think any driver that kills a non-driver and receives no charges should face justice at the hands of a mob. If we're going to change car culture we need people to literally be afraid for their future when getting behind the wheel.
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Greatbacon posted:I think any driver that kills a non-driver and receives no charges should face justice at the hands of a mob. I believe in some Euro countries any accident between a bicycle and a car is automatically the car's fault unless they can prove otherwise. Something like that legitimately seems sensible and logical to me, given the enormous speed and capability for damage difference between a bike and a car.
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 Here's an example of what an Italian low traffic zone looks like in the morning (from an admittedly fairly touristy old town centre. Still had lots of restaurants, clothing shops, pharmacies, offices, doctor's etc). Delivery vehicles are allowed only at certain times, and during most of the day only licensed taxis, emergency vehicles, and transport for disabled people are on the street. Often enforced by movable bollards rather than traffic police or cameras. It works mostly the same in Bordeaux. Being in these places is just so much more pleasant than a car infested high street. And it isn't just tourist hotspots - the smallish french town I live in has a similar system on its highstreet and it's fantastic. One way outside peak hours, then a bollard comes up and it's for people and bikes only.
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Blackhawk posted:I believe in some Euro countries any accident between a bicycle and a car is automatically the car's fault unless they can prove otherwise. Something like that legitimately seems sensible and logical to me, given the enormous speed and capability for damage difference between a bike and a car. This is essentially true in the Netherlands, although it's a bit more complicated, so here's a flow chart  Basically even if you make a mistake as a cyclist, the driver is 50% responsible, or 100% if you're under 14. So it's not quite carte blanche to ignore all right of way as a cyclist, but you're also not going to see drivers getting off scott free basically ever. It certainly makes drivers more careful - and gives cyclists, pedestrians etc the confidence to take their right of way, e.g. at the special Dutch roundabouts. You don't see cyclists hesitating, thinking "ooh is that car going to stop?" - if they do, they're a tourist.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:People in this thread get real exhausting with the negativity sometimes. I'm old and tired. The only thing worse is people forgetting that it's the anti-car thread, not the pro-bike thread. [i love bikes]
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:People in this thread get real exhausting with the negativity sometimes. I'm old and tired. The only thing worse is people forgetting that it's the anti-car thread, not the pro-bike thread. The hate, the endless hate, it's so much
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ate cars, ate driving, simple as
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Mameluke posted:If you hate red light cameras you're not a leftist It has red right in the name
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Milo and POTUS posted:It has red right in the name
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distortion park posted:
Mama mia!
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Might say this pedestrian just had a rotten streak of luck, but our car culture/infrastructure make this way more likely than it should be. https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1580982291421343744?t=NIWBFIc0QokAAkOULpL9gg&s=19
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No arrests were made in either crash as cops continue to investigate.
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lobster shirt posted:No arrests were made in either crash as cops continue to investigate.
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lobster shirt posted:ate cars, ate driving, simple as
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distortion park posted:
I was here a couple weeks ago! Yeah I can't recall the last time I boarded at level. this is what I rode today:   and https://i.imgur.com/HfgkWR1.mp4https://i.imgur.com/Ar94pTx.mp4 show me a car that can drive up a 64% incline
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it’s only car culture when other people do it, my suburban sprawl is just good planningthis subforum posted:I’ve spent a lot of time in those areas and it’s so gross. Always made me laugh when my family laughed at the size of my hometown but uh it doesn’t look like trash like Worcester? I don’t have to spend hours in the car going for coffee or to the mall?
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duomo posted:it’s only car culture when other people do it, my suburban sprawl is just good planning lol this totally is written like someone who lives in one of the outskirts burbs in the sea-tac metro area. Like they live in issaquah or snoqualmie. my costco rules because IT HAS TREES ALL AROUND IT
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duomo posted:it’s only car culture when other people do it, my suburban sprawl is just good planning It's like their vision of the world is some sort of video game map where they're in their house and then they go to a map screen and click on "costco" and instantly arrive and the part in between doesn't even exist. I think this is more obvious when they go somewhere else because they are forced to actually pay attention to the part in between that shouldn't exist.
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"Yes, my sprawling, car-dependent neighborhood was built on freshly bulldozed pristine forest, what of it? I can see a tree out my window, which means my home is eco-friendly, unlike those multifamily homes going up to replace parking lots and multimillion dollar ramshackle shacks in the dirty city."
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Letting consumers do their own shopping was a mistake. That guy who started piggly wiggly made a huge mistake letting people pick out their own food. Paved the way for the nightmare hellscape we live today where there's a million stores and strip malls for everyone to personally browse every shelve filled with 10x of the same poo poo with different brand labels.
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silicone thrills posted:Letting consumers do their own shopping was a mistake. That guy who started piggly wiggly made a huge mistake letting people pick out their own food. Paved the way for the nightmare hellscape we live today where there's a million stores and strip malls for everyone to personally browse every shelve filled with 10x of the same poo poo with different brand labels.
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webcams for christ posted:if children can't bike to school you've failed as a city
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silicone thrills posted:Letting consumers do their own shopping was a mistake. That guy who started piggly wiggly made a huge mistake letting people pick out their own food. Paved the way for the nightmare hellscape we live today where there's a million stores and strip malls for everyone to personally browse every shelve filled with 10x of the same poo poo with different brand labels.
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Like ordering a sandwich
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mystes posted:What if it's your entire country or possibly the majority of the planet? I said city so rural schools don't count, but yeah it's a drat shame that most cities are failures. Fortunately they don't have to be! Amsterdam was a failure of a city in the 70s and look at it now. Always room for improvement though.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Just let me go to the Amazon or whatever warehouse myself, go into a little room built on the front of it, beep boop on some kiosk, sit in a chair for a few minutes, and then pick my stuff up at the window when my name is called I remember department stores that worked like that as late as the 80s. The main floor was just a show room. If you wanted something, you wrote a number down on a piece of paper, took it up to a desk and they would go into the back and bring out your item.
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i like going to the grocery store but i do not like driving there
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I drive to costco like once a month and hate every minute of it but for any non bulk stuff I just walk to safeway or fredmeyer and its just chill. Apparently there's a grocery outlet that's walking distance too that I should try out. The costco parking lot is a terrifying place of anarchy and everyone is trying to get in/out as fast as they can that im shocked there aren't more deaths in that place.
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having a local grocery is lifechanging and the fact that we, as a society, went out of our way to make sure as many people as possible don't have one is absurd
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silicone thrills posted:I drive to costco like once a month and hate every minute of it but for any non bulk stuff I just walk to safeway or fredmeyer and its just chill. Apparently there's a grocery outlet that's walking distance too that I should try out. Groce Out is amazing it's like a thrift store for food. Just don't get too attached to anything because it probably only exists in some tiny chain on the other side of the country and you'll never see it again. Also check the expiration date on anything you won't eat immediately
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silicone thrills posted:I drive to costco like once a month and hate every minute of it but for any non bulk stuff I just walk to safeway or fredmeyer and its just chill. Apparently there's a grocery outlet that's walking distance too that I should try out. Walkable neighborhoods are cool and good.
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