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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hey New York, how's it going now that you've killed the plan for congestion pricing in Manhattan?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

I think this game is called car jam mania or something like that. The cars can’t turn and you have to figure out how to get them out before the timer runs out and the cops show up to start issuing citations. The more citations get handed out the lower your score :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't believe this is real and not a still from a zombie outbreak movie.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Its real life free the red car

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Bus and Train service into the city can easily pass $15 round trip even with monthly passes. It was so infuriating to have to listen to people who already pay $600+ for a garage already crying about having to pay $15. If you live in New York City you know the area they wanted to tax has almost no parking before 7 pm except for commercial vehicles, and it is $5+ an hour (based on area, and increasing in cost by how long you stay) to even do that. And to make it worse was how many of those upset would be people from Upstate and New Jersey who only come to NYC 2x a year if that.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Parking spots = parking meter and parking fine revenue

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bike lanes are proven to increase revenue for businesses in their vicinity. Car parking takes up valuable space in a city which could be used more productively.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I agree but try convincing local politicians of that. They just see immediate revenue disappearing, no long term gains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

There are some politicians that will listen, so consider joining a bicycle advocacy group if your town has one. Failing that, guerilla urbanism is an option.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not for Chicago it doesn't 🤣😐... 😭😭😭😭

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I guess any fines you don't pay to Morgan Stanley kina look like revenue if you squint

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Okay, now explain all the free spots?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Many places just lowered the speed limits so they could narrow the lanes and then put in the bike lanes and kept the parking. Or get rid of left turning lanes or make alternating streets one way so left turning lanes aren't needed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This is a great way to do it too! Many streets even have a 40km/h speed limit but are built wide enough to accommodate 80km/h, so drivers often speed and increase fatalities.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

I didn't know that Tom Flood was in my city. It's like he knows exactly how our city council behaves.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Bah, it's the exact opposite here in the UK. Cities want to build bike lanes and it's the people who keep stopping them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Fresno: Here's your bike lanes, we just had to remove 50% of the bus stops to make room.