Please, I can only become so erect
54Lemme whisper in your ear, "The sidewalks are getting redone with paver stones, the intersections are getting raised to sidewalk level, and the bike lanes will connect directly with a larger protected bike lane network and directly to an in-progress new automated light metro station that will have 2.5-minute headways."
33Bro please stop it, I can't ejaculate anymore.
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... and then I replace parking spaces with outdoor seating
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Hope more cities do this. Separating bike lanes makes a ton of sense. Bike commuting was stressful sometimes knowing the only thing between me and 4,000lbs of metal was a painted line.
Also would notice a good number of tailpipes faced towards the bike lane, which sort of negates the health benefit of biking to work.
32I just saw this sideways tailpipe nonsense on a truck for the first time yesterday and couldn't figure out why they would modify it like that. Is this really a thing just to roll coal on bikers??
1A lot of old trucks had exhausts that come out the side. A lot of people (mostly older in my experience) prefer the look, but it wouldn't shock me of some people put those pipes on their trucks specifically to fuck with bicyclists.
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My city promised similar for several roads, then the mayor hired a construction company he has stake in to build it, then he didn't do any construction and pocketed the money. He's currently under investigation by at least 3 different bodies and at least 50% of town still supports his re-election
31I wonder which party he voted for.
8The one you expect lol, part of his campaign was saying he endorsed Trump
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How to say a Republican mayor without saying it's a Republican mayor.
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This is happening right now on a major road that goes through our city. There are complaints about it daily on our forum. I'm getting tired of reading it.
10Your city has a forum?
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This happened in my major city too!
8Part of the cycle superhighway on my part of the A10 has kerbs to stop cars getting onto the cycle lane. I couldn't use it last time I was there because there were cars parked on it. The cycle superhighway is pointless. Half of it is on the pavements, so I have to use the (pothole-ridden) bus lane because I have better things to do than dodge pedestrians who can't be bothered to look where they're going.
Anyway, even where there are cycle lanes, the babies are too lazy to cross the road to use it so they just cycle on the pavement.
And during its construction, a bus I was on hit a cyclist and sent him flying because the driver didn't want to wait until the roadworks were ending to overtake him (there were signs all down that part saying narrow lane, don't overtake cyclists). And he didn't even stop the bus until after the roadworks, and only because the passengers were yelling at him to stop.
I tried to look up any news about that cyclist, but I couldn't find any reports about the incident. I don't think he was even wearing a helmet. I hope he was okay.
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oh my god i fuckin wish. half of my city is straight up inaccessible on bike unless you want to drive on the roads and get killed by distracted motorists.
8Which city? Omg
7Montreal!
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He’s chargin his lazers
4Until it's actually built, don't count on it. NIMBYs will fight tooth and nail every chance they get. Even after it's built there will be a constant barrage of unfounded complaints about how it hurts traffic flow and makes it more dangerous for drivers. Show up to your city council meetings and make sure to hold them accountable for their promises.
2If you can't impeach whoever was responsible for this barbaric decision, democracy will have failed.
In this case, civil war will be the only solution.
-10I know which side I'll be in for that civil war. Unlike you, I'm already serving in the strategic nuclear Navy. Come and fucking get it.
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Why does the best one have to be about them taking something away from someone else?
That just rubs me wrong.
Other than that I liked it though.
-16It's not about taking it away from someone else, it's about removing unnecessary car lanes that just induce car traffic.
14If you take my city as an example: everything is build around cars, we don't have any bike lanes. To fix this, they painted those dottet lines on the road, easy to ignore for drivers.
The knowledge that they have to take away space from car infrastructure to repurpose it for sidewalks and bikelanes would be a huge step, because there is simply no other solution. Every expertise the city ordered is saying it, but they still won't except the facts and try to weasel out with those painted bike lanes.
So in general you are right, one shouldn't be happy when your gain is based on another beings loss. But in infrastructure planing terms it would simply make the city a better place for everyone.
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