Philadelphia neighborhood group approves $25,000 to fight bike lanes

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• Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If these people spent a week living in Amsterdam and experienced the absolute bliss that is good public infrastructure they’d be ashamed

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  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No they wouldn’t

    They’re paid well not to feel shame

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    As if they have ever left the US, except for that cruise that one time.

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  • FridaySteve@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They would see cities designed for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. My city here in America is proud of the hundreds of miles of bike lanes but all they did was paint a bike stencil on the shoulder of the road and put up a sign telling cyclists to stay to the right.

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They will go to Amsterdam and drive for a week, go back to US, and praise their driving infrastructure while blaming cyclist for making them drive slow.

    I genuinely understand why Jason from NJB said that controversial statement, carbrain is an indoctrination that cannot be cured by being nice, you have to really force a good infrastructure on them and make them taste it, like the bird eating cracker meme.

    Though i would argue a lot of bikelane is hastily made without any proper planning, making the result worst for both group.

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t send them to NL, send them to Vietnam where driving a car as bikes weave around all sides of you is hellishly stressful, but bikes supply the experience cars promised but failed ti deliver, of being able to go wherever you like at a whim and free to park mere feet from mist businesses.

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    • IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What controversial statement specifically?

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  • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Philly wouldn’t know what to do without their one way street addiction.

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      One way streets are great with bikes.

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    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Amsterdam has plenty of one way streets

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  • lazynooblet@lazysoci.al ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There aren’t enough disability scooters

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I know you’re making a joke but actually all the protected bike lanes makes it really easy and nice for mobility scooters to get around here

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  • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I found Amsterdam terrible. People on bikes shouting at pedestrians. Not because of tge infrastructure but my goodness, that place is overcrowded.

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re probably talking about central Amsterdam by the train station.

      Yea that place is an absolute mess because ~20 million tourists come through there each year.

      If you cycle 10min in any direction Way from there it’s really nice and relaxed.

      Just need to get away from the tourists

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• Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So they want them in the other lanes? Fucking hell…

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• sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Did not some SF guy lose re election due to these twats...

  Nobody ever has any money until they want to be twat, then all of sudden money appears.

  Who is funding this for real tho?

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  • bigfondue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Society Hill is a well-to-do historic neighborhood in Center City (downtown Philly). Average household income is like $175k, so some rich cunts are paying for it.

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    • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If it’s historic shouldn’t it have dirt roads?

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