mondoman712

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mondoman712,

I just got recommended this video, which is suspiciously similar to (exactly the same as) the one you linked and released a year earlier.

mondoman712,

“Retouching” is a very polite way to put it. I’m not commenting on the content, but I think it is worth pointing to the original video so they can have the views instead.

mondoman712,

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5897e0_031096f120534c71962371a665e3fb57~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_320,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5897e0_031096f120534c71962371a665e3fb57~mv2.jpg

mondoman712,

Except cars cost the tax payer a lot more than they raise, and larger vehicles cost even more.

mondoman712,

Are escooters a “very big source of traffic accidents”? I’m sure there have been crashes and there should be regulations, but are these crashes just much more publicised than car crashes and that’s why you think there’s been a lot?

mondoman712,

Maps sourced from OSM might be more precise for off road stuff in busy locations but in general Google maps will be more precise for city streets if you’re looking for an address.

The quality of OSM data really just depends on how many people are interested in mapping the area. Look at German cities for example and the data is excellent.

ajsadauskas, to urbanism
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

Whoopsie! Sydney's road planners just discovered induced demand is a thing, after opening a new motorway.

For those outside Sydney, the New South Wales state government recently opened a new spaghetti intersection just west of Sydney's Central Business District.

It was supposed to solve traffic. Instead, it's turned into a giant car park:

"For the third straight day, motorists and bus passengers endured bumper-to-bumper traffic on the City West Link and Victoria Road. A trip from Haberfield to the Anzac Bridge on the City West Link averaged an agonising 44 minutes in the morning peak on Wednesday.

"Several months ago, Transport for NSW’s modelling had suggested traffic from the interchange would add only five to 10 minutes to trips on Victoria Road through Drummoyne and over the Iron Cove Bridge during morning peaks.

"Those travel delays have now blown out."

So what do motorists say when their shiny new road that was supposed to solve traffic instead turns into a massive traffic jam?

'Dude! Just one more lane!'

From the article:

"[Roads Minister John] Graham and his Transport boss Josh Murray appear reluctant to do what many motorists reckon is the obvious solution.

"That is, add lanes or make changes at the pinch-points that are causing the pain. A three-lane to one merge point from Victoria Road onto the Anzac Bridge, along with two lanes merging into one on the City West Link, are proving to be painful bottlenecks."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-planners-got-rozelle-traffic-modelling-horribly-wrong-20231129-p5ensa.html

#roads #traffic #cars @fuck_cars @sydneytrains @urbanism #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #motorways #fuckcars

mondoman712,

The point is, if you spend the money on other modes of transport you can serve those residents without the negative externalities that come along with more traffic.

mondoman712,

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5897e0_031096f120534c71962371a665e3fb57~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_320,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5897e0_031096f120534c71962371a665e3fb57~mv2.jpg

mondoman712,

I live in Switzerland, we have that convenient public transport.

jlou, to technology

Silicon Valley’s ideology is this: Libertarianism for me. Feudalism for thee.

https://crookedtimber.org/2023/11/15/silicon-valleys-worldview-is-not-just-an-ideology-its-a-personality-disorder/#more-52003

@technology

mondoman712,

Sooo… it’s just libertarianism?

mondoman712,

One other measure that could easily be taken is to ban advertising for these.

mondoman712,

Cars are one of the things that actually empowers individuals to live their individualized lives.

Only those who are able to afford to, and can safely drive a car. Cars, and especially car dependant places, suck for anyone that can’t.

mondoman712,

youtu.be/ppRQWxj6VDU?si=7f0NPKe1Qjqe2ezd

mondoman712,

I find the language you use interesting. Those who take their living room with them to save a few minutes “benefit”, whereas those who have to breathe in the fumes and be victims of traffic violence are “inconvenienced”.

mondoman712,

If we assume there isn’t another solution to that, why does it matter? Why does your need for a car for your specific use negate any use of alternatives anywhere? We can still advocate for better transportation and land use in cities, even if the proposed solution doesn’t work for your journey between Plunkett and Blucher.

mondoman712,

I have an a770. The only issue that I’ve had with what little gaming I do, is that CS2 ran pretty terribly, although I tried again last night and it seemed much better.

mondoman712,

It’s not the cars being electric that’s the problem, but their approach to electric cars and seeing them as a solution is.

mondoman712,

The point is that the money spent on electric car subsidies went mostly to more wealthy people and took money away from investing in things like better public transport.

mondoman712,

Just check the schedule and leave at the right time?

mondoman712,

I spent a few years getting a school bus that only came once a day, I just got to the bus stop on time and it was fine. In most places your urban transport runs at headways of less than 15 minutes, and even down to 90 seconds, missing that isn’t a huge issue.

mondoman712,

Swiss cities are quite small but they tend to be dense and have a quick transition to forest or farmland.

mondoman712,

Flame wars are a significant contributor to global warming

mondoman712,

Lmao at the number of downvotes on this one

mondoman712,

Why are they called women and not wowomen?

mondoman712,

The issue is that a lot of the network runs at capacity, so we need to be building new tracks…

mondoman712,

Large trucks like this shouldn’t be in cities unless they’re the only thing that can solve the problem. More freight rail and bikes or smaller vans for last mile are much better.

mondoman712,

My local supermarket already doesn’t use full size trucks, and many of the larger ones in my city are adjacent to tram tracks which I think could be used for deliveries. But if the supermarket has to spend a bit more to make my city’s streets safer then yes using smaller vans is good.

mondoman712,

Build short spurs into delivery areas, deliver outside of busy hours, it’s not difficult.

mondoman712,

Rails are easy to deal with if your road is designed reasonably well for cyclists.

mondoman712,

The UK is part of Europe.

mondoman712,

Taxis are cool, they’re a good way to fill in a few gaps for those that don’t own cars or are visiting a place.

Uber and other ride share apps seem to just increase the number of cars on the road while also exploiting their drivers.

mondoman712,

I don’t see anything extremist in this community. It’s mostly complaining about problems with cars and a few memes like this post. Talking about alternatives is fine here, as per the rules. There isn’t much as far as other communities to discuss alternatives, at least not that I’ve found. Here’s what I can point to:

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