• Zoot@reddthat.com
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    4 months ago

    So did you finish reading the article then or just black out right there? These are 70 year old residents who can’t physically move all that great.

    I’m all for adding more bike lanes, but let’s not hurt a different group of people in the process. Maybe they should have implemented bus routes and other public transportation before ripping out the roads for cyclists.

    “Dumbasses and assumptions” and all that goes both ways.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      70 year old residents who probably shouldnt even be behind the wheel to begin with.

      Once you get a license its comically easy to keep it, regardless of how unable you are to actually drive.

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        Yes, on street parking was removed. Effectively removing the shoulder for a Bike Lane. It doesn’t sound like they offered any solution for the old folks who can’t simply bike or walk to the grocery store.

        They should have added more public transportation before ripping up the streets.

        It even says in the article that they are in a public transportation desert, so this solution is hardly even a bandaid.

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          Why can’t those people park their car on the property they own in the neighborhood instead of the steet?

          Free on street parking is not a car lane.

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            Yeah. The picture definitely shows driveways big enough for a car, where some housing doesn’t have that.

            Given that I’m pro bike, and very anti-park-your-car-wherethefuckever-when-you-can-park-on-your-own property, I’m for the bike lanes.