Comment on A New York court has temporarily blocked the city from installing a bike lane in response to a lawsuit from local businesses owners, who alleged it would compromise public safety

Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Also as a business owner, I have more success with bike traffic and foot traffic then with people in cars. Theses business owners are so fucking dumb.

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    propaganda works

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• QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “ Mirabella said the association’s end goal is not to prevent the DOT from installing protected bike lanes in Astoria but said the group is calling for the bike lanes to be installed on a residential corridor such as 33rd Street, where there is less traffic and less store fronts than the 31st Street corridor. He also stated that the 31st Street corridor has significant visibility issues due to the overhead tracks.”

  Having lived nearby 31st St is incredibly stupid from a visibility perspective. Im inclined to agree that 33rd would be better

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Whoa, you’re upsetting the pitchfork mob by agreeing that the business owners might just have a genuine concern.

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    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Im not worried about the business owners. Im worried about cyclists getting hit by cars that dont see them

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      • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But… The business owners stating that the proposed street was dangerous is exactly what you just quoted…? I didn’t say you were worried about the business owners.

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  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m curious how overhead tracks cause significant visibility issues at ground level.

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    • bblkargonaut@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Over head tracks have a support structure underneath that causes blind spots.

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    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      All those support pillars for the tracks are hard to see through and are quite large

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      • DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        LOL…the support pillars are not that large. This is just concern-trolling on the part of Nimbys.

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• Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is a fact, yes. Motor vehicle deaths from children drop whenever driving goes down. Insurance claims go down. Pollution goes down.

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