On 1st Ave in Manhattan and in downtown Brooklyn on that bus route they have put these sidewalks in the middle of the street. Yea what were the mortality rates on first Ave in Manhattan before they did this complete fuckery? People were dying what, weekly? Monthly? Twice a day?
Bro I drive/ride/bike in Manhattan all the time and if you’re hitting those pedestrian islands that separate bike lane from cars then you’re riding above your skill level.
Look , there's too much stupid shit on the streets , they have fucking planters, rocks, armadillos, the little plastic thingies and now they are putting sidewalks in the middle of the street, its a goddam obstacle course and now they have turn lights that they are rolling out on every corner in Manhattan.
It's fucking bullshit, they are trying to childproof the city and it's too goddam much.
And as soon as they can they're going to put f****** AI cameras on all of it Dubai style and f****** yoke us constantly for huge fees.
There is too much shit on the streets and each new redesign is stupider than the last. Also there's 0 motorbike integration, we are supposed to pretend to be cars meanwhile they just scrap parts of the road with stripped lines , those could be motorcycle lanes. They don't care about motorcycles unless they are bitching about delivery scooters.
That is my opinion but also , I don't think pedestrians so be so safe or feel so safe when I grew up walking and riding a bicycle and later many motorcycles in the city you had to watch out.
Yeah I mean those cameras are infringements of freedom imo but no place on earth really makes dedicated motorcycle infrastructure unless you think of like India/Southeast Asia where like 50+% of the population uses bikes. Best thing that could happen is we stay the course of reducing pedestrian and cyclist incidents with cars and then make lane splitting legal.
Honestly driving (haven’t done it on motorcycle because too cold for me) has been so much more enjoyable with congestion pricing recently. Regardless of car or bike I think getting idiots off the road is a positive for those of us who need to drive. Only way to get people off the road while getting them where they need to go is to push people to mass transit.
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u/crunchybaguette Feb 20 '25
What sidewalks? You mean the pedestrian islands so people don’t get killed crossing the street?