• boonhet@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        Carbrain here. FFS, give me bike lanes and public transit. And walkable spaces.

        I don’t need to drive EVERYWHERE. I also want there to be fewer cars on the road when I do need to drive.

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            3 days ago

            Maybe pistonhead is more accurate than carbrain. I’m REALLY into cars. Love internal combustion engines. I still want to be able to walk to the bar because I ain’t driving there and I don’t want to have to use a ride hailing app either. Luckily in my city, I have that freedom.

  • we is doomed!@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Is this some.sort of American polotical ploy I’m unaware of? accuse your opponent of being sane and sensible, is that a pejorative now ?

  • SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Who cares about stinky bike lanes anyway, just add one more lane bro, surely adding a 20th lane will make all the traffic congestion go away, who would even want to ride a bike instead of getting stuck in traffic jams all day? /s

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    5 days ago

    At this point I didn’t even drive in Boston anymore, I take the commuter rail into the city and subway from there. Why people are acting like that’s an absurd possibility is astonishing to me. Yes, traffic in Boston sucks, but mainly because too many people from outside would rather drive in and complain about the traffic they’re causing than the cheaper and much easier alternative of taking transit into the city. As for the actual residents, there’s great public transportation, just fucking take it. You really wanna pay all that money for parking and vehicle maintenance just to sit at every red light to get somewhere maybe 3 min faster? Get a grip. If I lived in the city the first thing I’d do is sell my car and use my electric assist bike for everything, I already use it to get to work in the Metrowest, you can do it in the city.

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    5 days ago

    Fuck bike lanes. We need politicians with spines who will install barriers in roads to block cars from them

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I thought in the Netherlands there were bike paths entirely separate from roads. The Netherlands has so many great urban planning ideas we need to copy.