Cichlidae posted:

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If you'd like a more detailed discussion, you can post some pictures of examples and I'll work my engineering magic to try to fix them; we haven't done that in a few days.

fishmech posted:

Wait I really don't understand this. Why is there both a yield sign AND a traffic light on the same thing? Does the light get turned off on a regular basis and then the Yield takes priority, or did someone just throw in some extra Yield signs?

Devor posted:

We had a busy road that was used for numerous bus routes, it would get really congested during rush hour, so they decided to have the buses run on the shoulder, as a marked bus lane. It worked really well for a few weeks until the pavement on the shoulder just completely gave up from the heavy loads - it turns out that it wasn't a full depth shoulder, only partial depth, and huge ruts were created in the asphalt.

The cheap solution became not-so-cheap when they had to fix all the shoulders.

Devor posted:

$5 someone just implemented a turbo roundabout wrong

Hippie Hedgehog posted:

Or, cheaper, do what the Germans did and start a temporary heavy subsidy on local and regional transportation. For 9€ you can ride all you want for a day, including regional rail.

Trains that used to run half empty in the summer are now packed. Of course commuters hate it, but I’m convinced it’s keeping people off the Autobahn and airplanes.

While Sweden’s government are proposing to hand out a one-time payment to all auto owners, “to compensate for the increased expense of gas”.

For one thing, Germany’s subsidy is more equitable - not nearly everyone can afford a car but everyone can re-plan their holiday if it’s economically advantageous.

For another, it’s effective. If the plan is to combat the global cost increase, the best way is to actually reduce demand on petroleum. While Sweden’s approach is counterproductive in that it locks consumers into driving an auto.

Jasper Tin Neck posted:

Lead out in cuffs posted:

What car can you fuel, maintain, insure, and cover depreciation/loan payments on for less than $100 a month? (Or even $200 or $300 a month?)

VictualSquid posted:

Well, judging by the memery around Germany's recent 9€ ticket the most important use of a fare system is to keep the inner city poors out of the resort towns.

Anyways, the experiment (of allowing county wide travel on slow trains for 9€ per month) was immensely successful for practically everybody.
With the only resistance to extending the program coming from people who obviously just hate poor people. And paper pushers who have their job depend on the confusing ticketing borders between transit authorities.

Entropist posted:

I have a car in the Netherlands too and it's actually great for driving, because there are so many alternatives. People only drive if there is a good reason to, which makes traffic not so bad. The road system is quite well designed with good separation of functions, and maintained much better than in the neighbouring countries. The highways have nice long exits/entrances, clear signage and also dynamic matrix signs everywhere. People always talk about the German autobahn system but it looks like an outdated mess in comparison (at least in the west), the only advantage is that you can drive fast. And let's not even talk about Belgian roads.

I don't actually drive that often though, maybe a few times a month at most, because for most types of trips there are better alternatives.

devicenull posted:

Their masterpiece is now complete

Fuschia tude posted:

That's a... speed bump? It looks like a cobblestone crosswalk

Cugel the Clever posted:

Childrens' school crossing guard: "This recently widened road regularly sees sociopathic/negligent drivers roaring through. If common sense infrastructural improvements aren't made, one of them's going to murder a kid right in front of me."
City Traffic Safety Committee: "Is the occasional child's life so much to pay for maximized traffic flow?"
https://twitter.com/LoganTMillsap/status/1583247749062852612

Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:

euros being in denial that car-centric sprawl exists even in enlightened evropa will never be not funny

you know, i have a sneaking suspicion that you don't really know what you're talking about and are simply making kneejerk aesthetic criticisms because you feel called out by someone criticizing a thing you agreed with

i agree with you that its bad! i just pointed out the tweet is whiny and wrong. if you also want to be whiny and wrong that is not my responsibility

Crankit posted:

What are the best ways places can reduce car trips for dropping kids off at school?

Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:

i dont know why you think this chart you posted disagrees with me when it shows, on average, half or more modal share is automotive trips

Entropist posted:

Amsterdam is one of the worst cycling cities in the Netherlands, maybe only The Hague and Rotterdam are behind. Many paths are way too narrow, poorly maintained and they fail at clearing the snow off them in winter. They can't even afford a cycling bridge to the north. There's also a bunch of car sewers crossing the center that hold up cyclists and pollute the place. Until this week the central station had no proper bicycle parking. No idea why all the international youtubers are so obsessed with it, your average small town in Drenthe or Zeeland has better cycling infrastructure.

Haifisch posted:

I had to google it to figure out what the setup even is, since the angle+lack of signs in the pic isn't very useful & my american rear end has never seen one before. Apparently the idea is that only one direction of traffic at a time can go through these, so people turning onto slower streets are forced to slow down and possibly wait. People have also gotten semi trucks through without issue, so they're not that tight of a fit.

I also found people theorizing that the car in this specific pic reversed onto it, which makes it an even dumber move than I expected.

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Speed limits aren't intended to be a suggested speed, right?