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Last month, San Francisco turned an oceanfront highway into a park called Sunset Dunes. It's a huge success. Some drivers are still mad about it in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] regul@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The outer Richmond and outer Sunset are incredibly reactionary, car-brained NIMBYs. Only reason this went through is because it got put to a citywide vote. Left to the Board of Supervisors there's no way it would have gotten through. I think the Sunset dipshits are already trying to recall their supe for letting it happen.

Pasadena Grapples With Rising Road Paving Costs Amid Declining Gas Tax Revenue in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] regul@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

I'd be interested to know whether the majority of those cost increases came from labor or materials. Or, possibly, just additional graft off the top by the contractors if Pasadena doesn't use in-house crews for their paving.

But cities like Pasadena have some of the easiest conditions possible for maintaining roads since they never (or only very rarely) get below freezing.

rideshare rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] regul@lemm.ee 110 points 1 week ago

That rideshare driver's name? Albert Einstein.

"I'll sell my inventions so everyone can be superheroes; everyone can be super!" - a guy who lies a lot in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
what if rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] regul@lemm.ee 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I do actually doubt that pride-themed anti-homeless spikes exist.

But I've seen people post and fall for this same image so many times it's like they want them to.

Encinitas (CA) nixes "very dangerous" bike lane in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] regul@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you go look at street view of this street and the proposed alternative Liverpool Drive, you can see a few things:

  1. Eastbound Birmingham is already so wide that drivers are leaving enough room for bikes anyway.
  2. Liverpool has street parking where Birmingham does not, so obviously any reuse of that roadway for bikes would face vociferous opposition.
  3. The street is steep for bikes, but there aren't really alternatives to the grade up from the ocean.

So yeah, obviously classic bad faith socal nimbyism. All of that could be solved by the American local government's worst enemy: physical separators.

average latinamerican rulections in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] regul@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

You have no idea what a tankie is.

average latinamerican rulections in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] regul@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

By that metric fucking Lula is a tankie.

Oxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] regul@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just going to point out that it's kind of an unreasonable expectation that people will not be sweaty when it's that hot outside.

Berkeley backs off on fining drivers for parking near crosswalks in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] regul@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or even just painting curbs, since they say they'll still ticket drivers parked at painted curbs.

Tsunoda recognises 'extreme pressure' as Red Bull debut awaits in c/formula1@lemmy.world
[–] regul@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Disagree! I think he has the least pressure on him of any driver on the grid (except Lance). If he's good, then that's great for him. If he's bad then it confirms that no one can drive the car except Max.

C Programmer rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] regul@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

K & R? In 2025? That's not Rust!

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Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
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Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
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KOIN TV Workers Allege Outrageous Union-Busting Tactics from Management (www.portlandmercury.com)
 

...and the NLRB agrees with them.

Seems like Nexstar is just trying to stall out the clock until there's another Republican in the White House who can gut the NLRB.

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Concrete planters for calming traffic removed after frequent collisions (bikeportland.org)
 

The gist is that Portland drivers couldn't stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they're going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

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Hochul Pushes for Congestion Pricing Delay in Last-Minute Reversal (archive.is)
 

I honestly thought it was going to be Adams, but I definitely knew it wasn't going to happen.

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Ask Eater: What’s Going on With the Flock Food Hall Downtown? (pdx.eater.com)
 

This is about the alleged food hall that was going to be coming to the Ritz Carlton Tower. They made a big show about how they'd be offering spots to the food carts they displaced.

Well now e-mails are bouncing and there's radio silence from everyone involved about whether there even will be a food hall anymore.

It sounds shocking, I know, but it certainly seems like the olive branch that they offered to assuage everyone's anger about the food carts they were displacing was a lie.

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Did y'all know they're building a monorail line under the Panama Canal? (www.railjournal.com)
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Monkey-wrenching road pricing (cityobservatory.org)
 

Here's the fallout from Kotek's decision to stop all tolling, as well as a history of promises made and then broken about tolling.

A couple of things I took from this article:

  • Oregon has reduced GHG emissions for most sectors except transportation
  • Tolling was part of the plan to reduce transportation emissions
  • Tolling on the I-5 Bridge will drastically reduce traffic on it, which obviates the need for more lanes
  • Only tolling on I-5 while leaving 205 free creates huge issues
  • The state was counting on tolling money for all of its projects, so car dependence is hurting car dependence, which is a small silver lining
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Here's Gonzalez getting "accosted" on Max (youtu.be)
 

He filed a police report for someone brushing his shoulder walking through the aisle and then criticizing his homeless policies.

Him not riding Max anymore has nothing to do with "violent and antisocial behavior" and everything to do with him being unwilling to face his constituents.

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Portland Diamond Project (MLB to Portland) in negotiations to purchase 164-acre RedTail Golf Course (www.portlandtribune.com)
 

Seems just as unlikely as previous proposals, and also way outside of town (technically Beaverton, but the course is owned by the city of Portland).

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Amtrak Cascades adds two more daily roundtrips starting Dec. 11 (wsdot.wa.gov)
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Broadway Bridge Lift Deck Replacement (www.multco.us)
 

Looks like the Broadway Bridge is going to be closed for a while next year.

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