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[LeChampion1992]

Americans gooning about European infrastructure is hilarious cause it shows how detached they are from this reality and also likely their own. Like landing in Japan and going NI HAO DESU-KNEE LOLIS?, except you're in France and going "WHERE NUDE BEACH?".

A large majority of everyone i know and meet hate european capitals BECAUSE of the biking. Sure, it's a great development, but bitchy CEO tards on a bike are still bitchy CEO tards in control of a vehicle, except it's not a car. The culture is "Me first" and fuck everyone else. The police can literally, and will literally, just sit on a busy intersection and farm tickets. Nobody follow the rules and fewer have helmets on.

Look what you described is progressive heaven or the pacific north west.
The average shit lib is an over educated fool who th

I've ridden LA transit a couple times. Interestingly the one time I saw them checking fares was at a station with fare gates and where I thought was one of the more affluent areas.

I don't know if MUNI is doing it, but BART has realized that by making sure people pay they'll have less security problems.

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The funny part to me is they didn't even bother pretending. They put the first test gates in West Oakland.

Maybe it's because we do things differently in Texas but why the hell do you need fare gates just hire fare inspectors to kick off and fine people who ride for free on the train.
These gates unironically encourage people to act dare I say less human.
Maybe it's weird but the honor system beats the subway turnstiles especially when smartphones are a thing.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Maybe it's because we do things differently in Texas but why the hell do you need fare gates just hire fare inspectors to kick off and fine people who ride for free on the train.

Fare gates were installed when people were just starting to be a bit less white, as a way of saving money on inspection cops.

They’re basically pointless now and as Gandalf says, “men are better than gates” - but there needs to be the will to throw people off the train and/or arrest vagabonds.

When you have that, it becomes actually nice (which is why local Amtrak lines are always better than the commuter rail on the same tracks).

 

[IdiotPlusPlus]

Fare gates were installed when people were just starting to be a bit less white, as a way of saving money on inspection cops.

My understanding is that they historically came from platform gates, which were used to check tickets on entry and exit at manned stations, and here at least they still only put them on stations with staff, because if a disabled person has trouble being able to reach the reader they have to open them manually, plus controlling them in emergencies.

And for all their whining about suburbs, suburban stations are less likely to have them unlike all the city stations which despite the larger crowds are all locked down with barriers, presumably because suburban travelers are more honest than the average city traveler(the fact that urbanists are also loud whiners about getting transit fines and constantly post ACAB shows them to be the cattle they are imo )

 

[An Sionnach Seang]

Also two wheels in icey conditions is dumb.

two-wheeled vehicles are extremely prone to rear-wheel skid on black ice, and if it's a motorbike, it can potentially be wrecked beyond repair
(if it falls on the right sight hard enough, it'll puncture the crank case - unless the bike is very new or very valuable, the cost of a new crank case alone is more than the value of the bike itself)

 

[LaxerBRO]

When you have that, it becomes actually nice (which is why local Amtrak lines are always better than the commuter rail on the same tracks).

On that note, Amtrak conductors in the vast majority of times will conduct ticket checks FROM Los Angeles Union Station before people even board the train where it's more of an afterthought coming in from the outlying suburbs.

 

[Dank Muskeg]

My car seat is the comfiest chair I’ve ever sat in by far. It’s better than a $1000 office chair.

Modern luxury car seats have so much adjustability that they can perfectly conform to your body and they’re heated, ventilated, and massaging. Some even have speakers in the headrest. No train seat comes anywhere close to being as comfortable.

If a company converted them into furniture, they’d cause every other office furniture manufacturer go out of business.

Interesting thing about that, some professional racecar drivers will actually remove a bucket seat from their car and turn it into a regular chair. Given that they drive hundreds of laps those fuckin seats are comfy as shit for a very good reason.

 

[Palantir]

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I think what's actually pathetic about this is the bare minimum effort put into decorating it.

Like sure fair enough rock up in your cargo bike, why don't you paint it white?, put nicer flowers on it or more of them, the thing is fucking neon yellow and orange.

Also the flowers might be plastic? Driving a car would probably be less long term pollution that plastic flowers....

The worst thing in this picture is the converse with the suit beyond all else.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

On that note, Amtrak conductors in the vast majority of times will conduct ticket checks FROM Los Angeles Union Station before people even board the train where it's more of an afterthought coming in from the outlying suburbs.

You used to be able to buy the ticket on the train, and the conductors were damn good about knowing where you got on - and if they were being nice they’d have you buy a ticket for tomorrow’s train online instead of having you pay the full price for the onboard fare.

Amtrak commuter-distance trains are kind of peak transit - long enough it’s nicer than sitting in traffic, short enough you don’t just fly, and gatekept to keep niggers out.

 

[quaawaa]

Related but I always get a kick out of the people who play the whole "but what is there to DO there?" as if the average city goer has the money to do anything interesting on the regular in the city. And as if a more populous area isn't within driving distance for the occasional trip. They have retard levels HCL while not realistically accessing anything the average small towner can't. Hell, even mid size cities are a great option. But it's always the huge metro areas that are a cancer that they judge everything up against even though objectively living there sucks unless you're rich.

Not to pick on New York too much, but there's an easy way to tell that they never partake in the exclusive things their big city has to offer.

If you ask a New Yorker why they haven't moved to a cheaper city that has everything that NYC has for a fraction of the price, they'll tell you that no other city in the US has museums and Broadway shows.

If you know a little bit about NYC geography, you can get them to admit that they never go to the shows by asking them if they ever go to Times Square. You'll get a response like "Of course not, that's only for dumb tourists who think Olive Garden is high cuisine. No real New Yorker would ever go there!".

7th Ave and Broadway are lined with video boards and touristy shops and are what people think of when they hear "Times Square". Every single Broadway theater is less than a block away from those roads:


It is impossible to go to a Broadway show without going to Times Square.

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Some pictures to illustrate my point:

53rd and Broadway, the northernmost part of the Theatre District:

Tons of video boards. Underneath the billboards there are a lot of "I NY" stores.

40th and 7th, the southernmost part of the Theatre District:

Tons of video boards and a Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant. Can't get any more touristy than that.

45th and 7th, the actual square of Times Square:

Most of the theaters are on 45th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues (the street on the left).

 

[Atypical Dog]

If you know a little bit about NYC geography, you can get them to admit that they never go to the shows by asking them if they ever go to Times Square. You'll get a response like "Of course not, that's only for dumb tourists who think Olive Garden is high cuisine. No real New Yorker would ever go there!".

7th Ave and Broadway are lined with video boards and touristy shops and are what people think of when they hear "Times Square". Every single Broadway theater is less than a block away from those roads:

Imagine expecting someone from NYC to know about geography. That's the study of rocks, and the only rocks they see are concrete!

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This is a staged photo. Who the fuck is wearing clothes that nice just to sweat in them? Put 'em in a bag and dunk the bag in the cargo compartment along with the family and wear something actually good for biking.

 

[Spooky Space Kook]

His claim about getting a bike with hydrolic brakes is kind of wrong.

Bikes don't use DOT brake fluid they use mineral oil and that freezes around 10 degrees fahrenheit.

Also two wheels in icey conditions is dumb.

Sram and a few other ones use DOT because they are retards. Shimano and the rest use mineral oil.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Not to pick on New York too much, but there's an easy way to tell that they never partake in the exclusive things their big city has to offer.

If you ask a New Yorker why they haven't moved to a cheaper city that has everything that NYC has for a fraction of the price, they'll tell you that no other city in the US has museums and Broadway shows.

A while back I quipped to someone defending New York for culture reasons, "If you're scraping by and putting in $1,500 a month to live in a shoebox, you probably aren't going out to the symphony every other week." (This being in reference to a video from the late 2010s where $1,500 in Houston could buy you a great apartment unit near the heart of the city, but it still didn't go nearly that far in New York, to put it nicely).

I can sort of get the argument that it's for potential if they become a little better off. It's true when I lived in Houston (a big city all things considered) but was really quite poor and no real money to go out I still liked the idea and wished that when things got better financially, I could go and check out all the things that were just dreams now; the chain-y Cajun restaurant or organic foods shop I passed on the highway to work, maybe IKEA, maybe actually get some decent shirts (big-boy office work shirts, not Nintendo t-shirts) at the Galleria.

Problem is, they mock the idea of moving on in life ("temporarily embarrassed millionaire") to be able to achieve this, so it's not even internally consistent. (This is why bugmen waste money on alcohol and consumer electronics). For these types of people, there's not even "I may be working at this shitty call center job now but someday I'll become CEO of my own tech/video game/sandwich shop empire", however unrealistic as they might be.

 

[kiwirevolving]

Carbrains stop cities from installing bollards:


Cars are worse than guns because no one cars if you use one in public:

They're so obsessed lately about bollards thinking they fix everything (just like with roundabouts) that they should shove them up their ass to see how deep they can go

They completely ignore how the NOPD chief said she didn't know about the portable barriers the city had since 2017 that were used for other public events before

 

[Meriasek]

Why is he at half mast??????????????

He'd be at full mast if he had the physiology for it. But alas, even wearing a dress in front of many people couldn't overcome his ED.

 

[quaawaa]

Regarding the NYC congestion charge, beware of urbanists sharing videos/photos of uncongested roads and either lying about the time they were taken or leaving out that the road was never congested at that time.

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This screenshot was taken at 9:00 am today (a day after the video above). The southbound lanes are all congested.


From looking at Google Maps, the only effect appears to be the Holland and Lincoln tunnels have less traffic, which is actually bad for the MTA because the toll is more than the congestion charge:


There's still a ton of congestion in the city:


Also, the traffic autism was completely unnecessary, because it snowed in NYC yesterday:

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Also, the traffic autism was completely unnecessary, because it snowed in NYC yesterday:

Someone on /n/ asking the right questions.

 

[dj0449674]

 

[florida_cat_enjoyer]

In the complex geopolitical world of anti-cars, urbanism, and "walkable cities," how will the Austinites (aka California refugees) react when a BLACK owned business blocks the sidewalks and bike lanes in East Austin? Will they side with the disenfranchised BIPOCs? Or will they hold strong to their convictions? The answer may shock you!


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[Xarpho's Return]

In the complex geopolitical world of anti-cars, urbanism, and "walkable cities," how will the Austinites (aka California refugees) react when a BLACK owned business blocks the sidewalks and bike lanes in East Austin? Will they side with the disenfranchised BIPOCs? Or will they hold strong to their convictions? The answer may shock you!

East Austin is the "BIPOC" area that's getting gentrified and its streets have clearly been cucked.

I like how their "solution" is not to immediately go for the tire-slashing and vandalism (because even they know it would be bad optics) but to engage on a harassment campaign in hopes that the government will fine them.

 

[Markass the Worst]

This screenshot was taken at 9:00 am today (a day after the video above). The southbound lanes are all congested.
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From looking at Google Maps, the only effect appears to be the Holland and Lincoln tunnels have less traffic, which is actually bad for the MTA because the toll is more than the congestion charg
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There's still a ton of congestion in the city:
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I've debated urbanists before, and they won't accept Google Maps traffic measurements. I don't know why, they never give a good reason. I'm sure they'll find other excuses to ignore your argument if you actually went to New York City and filmed the traffic congestion still happening.