It was probably an intern

Lol good

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Department of Trial and Error.

No one was fired for this mistake.

Great photo! Dumb person... Common sense would have easily allowed them to figure out what they were doing was wrong. Oh well. Time to get another 5 people out so they can fix the paint mistake.

Edit: WTF, why are people downvoting me? What did I say to offend people. All I wrote was the people who painted the street need to fix their mistake. I stand by the fact that it's a great photo. Sometimes people on here are so sensitive (and I don't even know what they are sensitive to).

I also never ever make a misteak at work.

No, they painted a curb extension/pedestrian zone but haven't put in the flex-posts or the truffle paint yet.

I'll take mine medium rare

Darin from Kramerica Industries.

(I did that on purpose)

Yeah the crews that put down white paint are completely different than the crews that put down all the other stuff. Their schedules aren't perfectly aligned so there's usually a short gap in completing the work.

Here's an example of the finished product.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Ty9cbiDHVhpjerSA

Also this thread is a perfect example of people thinking they're smarter than they actually are.

Bingo. This happened with the curb extension outside my building too and eventually they got around to putting in the stuff to make clear that the box is for pedestrians. That said, the crosswalk should've made it obvious and the red pickup driver is being a massive tool.

I wonder if you could get ticketed for this

probably a cop that lives in LI..

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

That said, they did in effect paint a parking spot. It's crazy that there can be weeks-long gaps between milling, paving, painting lines, painting colors, and adding in flex posts and stuff. Absolutely terrible project management and they don't care to improve.

Why should anyone be fired for a mistake? Unless the same person makes the same mistake over and over, there’s no reason to fire them.

I believe you could, since the double white lines should not be crossed.

An accurate representation of the government in nyc

I love these road islands that are popping up, makes large roads less daunting to cross

So that’s what that is!!!! There’s on at the intersection of worth and church streets and this gray car parks in the middle of the crosswalk half the time

If there's anything that signifies low IQ and deep insecurity, it's these ridiculous pick-up trucks driving around Manhattan.

The guy who was the crew chief most likely lives in that building and drives a big ass red pickup.

You’re right about the poor project management, but for context, the DOT is severely understaffed, partly due to the return to office mandate that made many employees quit.

So it’s amazing that they get anything done at all these days.

Even if I see that space open I doubt I want to put my car in the middle of a crosswalk now that I know it’s curb extension to help pedestrian cross that is not completed it just crazy that they can’t even be bothered to paint it properly and pedestrians have to cross around a parked car

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119110757/traffic-deaths-car-accident-hoboken-new-jersey-vision-zero

Hoboken has 0 ped deaths after daylighting intersections

Parked so he can get in a few games of candy crush.

This is like when you're unpacking a box and you're only halfway done when your cat decides it's the perfect place for her to sit. And your cat is a big red pickup truck.

and the sign says "NYPD parking only"

This is what happens when they put bike lanes everywhere

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Have you looked with your own two eyes at a bike lane in Manhattan. Even in this pic, if you look just a little bit, the bike lane is behind the parking lane. So tell me how the bike lane takes away parking lol the parking is literally still there

Lol some people in this city will find a reason to complain about anything

Yes. It's illegal for a driver to cross a double white line. Obviously drivers don't care about the law and will park anywhere they can physically get to, but this is clearly not a legal parking space.

Yes how can I miss the bike lanes when they’re on every god darn block ? The parking shouldn’t be in the middle of the street period , it suppose to be next to the curb .

It's also the worst place on planet earth to own a car, and it's hard to have pedestrian deaths with an average driving speed of 3.8mph. Not arguing for which side is worth it, but I can say it's not without a cost. Before the anti-car crew jumps down my throat, I don't own a car thank you.

Everyone saying WE WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL... Employers go back to normal, workers quit. Hilarious, you love to see it

Nothing that some birdseed cant solve :)

And cities aren't supposed to be for cars.

So how would we get our goods ?? How would someone get to the hospital in an emergency? Oh let me guess your going to put it on your back riding your bike right?? This is dumbest statement anybody could ever say lol no common sense whatsoever

Commercial vehicles, delivery vans and ambulances aren't cars you dunce.

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Is that a Ford or Chrysler?

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I love how Crescent Street is the perfect example of all driving situations, good and bad.

I just wish they'd put the big concrete barriers back in -- seeing all those cars stuck on top of them always made my day.

It's not in the middle? I'm confused what your issue is here, most of the protected bike lane treatments did not eliminate parking. If having your car an extra maybe 6 feet from the curb is making you this tight I don't know what to tell you lol

So they gave back 1/2 a spot and have taken thousands of others

You ought to delete the last part of that sentence. NYC existed long before cars, in fact bikes were here first, along with a myriad of street trolleys and other non-car transportation, so it's silly to argue that the streets 'belong' to cars specifically

It absolutely did eliminate parking are you blind ?? You don’t see at the end of each parking lane cars can’t park there for turning lanes and bikes ?? It’s also messing up Traffic with the parking taking up a lane in the middle of the road

I said “cars were here before YOU came here from YOUR corny ass town in Idaho” … reading is fundamental

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In a real city, we'd pour concrete for the island rather than just painting.

Ban cars

no you actually said "form your corny ass town".

Spelling is fundamental

When I moved back to Brooklyn for a few months after having moved to San Diego, I parked my car in Fort Hamilton (I was a military dependent) and left it there until I drove back to San Diego.

I didn’t have a driver’s license until I was 26, and I was so used to taking public transportation and walking in the city that I just went right back to that.

Someone might not get killed by getting hit by a car at low speed, but no one wants to get hit by a car, even if it’s going slowly. That shit would hurt.

Or, you know, someone may actually need that car to be a pickup car?

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Lol that’s how you know I shut ya the hell up , when u gotta result to specific grammar

Only 35% of truck owners use their truck to tow something more than once a year. My bet is that this is even lower when it comes to people in NYC. The odds are highly unlikely that this person actually needs this.

I think at this point, most people are becoming cops for self protection. In NYC I notice people who have no business being a cop.

Pony up for a garage like an adult and stop whining like a child that you're not getting free things you're hardly even entitiled to.

My point is that NYC is overall more pragmatic when it comes to cars, since the subway is almost universally more convenient. So I’d argue that chances someone actually owns a pickup cause the need it over just wanting showing off is higher in the city. Not saying it’s 100%.

I actually kinda think the opposite. NYC has an almost universally convenient subway option, and yet almost 50% of NYers still have cars. Clearly there are many people who don't need cars but they use them anyway.

Well, that’s also true. This will probably remain an unsolved douche mystery, then.

that was literally the first time I commented lol. whatever you need to tell urself! :)

Ok electric scooter jag off . Parking isn’t free in the city moron. Shows u never could afford a car so that’s why u love bike lanes

We do that too: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7900564,-73.9428826,3a,75y,130.8h,84.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svfoVBYURAP6ZZHfH6iOOag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

All of the newer ones I've seen are just paint.

My dude, there are approx 3 million on-street spaces in the city and more than 95% of those are free.

Could you be any more pretentious?

I wouldn't park my $80k truck there, ever.

Ram

I was going to say that at first

I have a bike and an SUV that, again, I pay for a garage for like an adult instead of whining how they're taking street space from the poor, poor car owners.

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CAR OWNERS? Fuck the pedestrians getting across safely, it's just my, MY metal cage that matters.

“Universally” = still over 50% of the city land mass is a hell of a long walk from any station while the city focus on 2nd Ave so rich people have choices on which line.

I never use my pickup for towing but I sure as shit use it to carry building supplies on the roof rack, a couple rolling toolboxes in the bed and whatever large job site tools I need for that day in the bed.

With that said. I unload at a building for the day and then go pay a garage to guard my pickup because it cost more than most high end luxury cars and absolutely sucks to park anywhere in the borroughs.

I disagree with your assumption that more pickup owners in NYC don't use their truck for work and would actively argue it's the opposite. Most vehicle owners in NYC tend to own smaller vehicles that are MUCH easier park. It's extremely uncommon to see a pickup in NYC without a rack on top for ladders and stuff. It's actually why they stand out so much

Source on that statistic? Does that apply nationwide or in NYC specifically? I would guess that statistic is not valid for NYC. If this is indeed a construction worker or something (which it is more likely than not in NYC), how silly do you feel for shitting on someone for what they drive and judging a book by it’s cover? I thought being kind and open minded is a virtue here?

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I mean, in this case the person is literally parked int the sidewalk, which is unacceptable no matter whether you really need a pickup truck or not.

Só i feel totally okay for shitting on them

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Land mass seems a weird statistic to use here, why wouldn’t you use population?

Because it’s intentionally created inequality that some areas can only be inhabited by people with cars, and others only with people who mass transit.

Then people like you fake outrage to disguise disgust when these two populations interact in any way.

Same outrage when someone uses a car to leave the city for the weekend vs sticking to transit accessible locations.

No need to mask what’s really going on here. Segregation exists, and anytime someone crosses those norms, some on this subreddit go nuts.

The red truck has right of parkway.

Hey hey hey we don’t like to think of drivers as people in this sub. How dare you make sense!

You sound like an autistic parrot saying the same thing in every thread that has to do with cars.

Okay, but it doesn’t matter if 50% of the land mass is far from transit if only 25% of people like there. The actual solution you care about is giving those 25% better access, not land that has no people access

You just did a bunch of bs math to fit your opinion

https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume

You’re right. Let’s just ignore the whole segregation in 2022 thing because it makes you look like an asshole.

It also substantially contributes to the lack of housing.

So now you look like an asshole 2X over for doubling down on your shitty take.

That is just an excuse for your previous statement and bringing negative judgment on people that you do not know

In Manhattan?? Surely you jest.

Geez how much was the truck?

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96k new before I added the $7k roof rack, ~$500 work lights and ~$500 cameras (so I can see both sides and back even when it's fully loaded and have video evidence in case of theft). It's very much a work truck registered to and paid for by my business.

? I agree that combatting subway deserts and increasing access is important! I just think we should judge access based on population and not land mass

Ban idiots

I appreciate that, and like I said I'm not arguing for which is right (though I was down voted as if I was)... Hoboken is 1.97 square miles and is miserable to own a car, NYC is 302 square miles, but people think anything they do that works is something we should take on. Hoboken has a population of 59,000 people, NYC has 8.5M. Pretty much the same, ah yes you guys have found the secret. I'm the dumb one. Or this stat just fits your agenda. Reddit is so dumb

Honest question, why is towing the metric not using the bed?

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That’s great, but you can’t just apply that to the entire nyc population and then ‘bet’ that a random truck you saw on Reddit isn’t being used for work. That’s not how stats work, at least not accurately

DOT Employee here- that’s a unfinished pedestrian safety area.

Yes, I negatively judge criminals

I know right, that dude in a wheelchair needs to get safely to the other side so he can attempt to maneuver around a rubble field of E-scooters and bikes.

And do it in 20 degree ice and snow. . Wait till a good heavy snow hits and see how well all these bike friendly adaptations work out.

Bring back the horse carriage!!!! And the horse shit! And the dead horses! RABBLE!

Only since I'm finding this amusing, my car and bikes:

• Mercx Mourenx 69, 2016ish

• Diamondback Haanjo Comp, 2017

• Fuji SST 3.0, 2012

• Trek Top Fuel 7, 2021

• BMW X3 M40i, 2019

So fuck on out of here with your bullshit. The best you can do is make up insults about me to make yourself feel better, which... Who gives a fuck if someone rides an ebike? You're just showing how much of a twat you are.

The parking is indeed less, and the narrow lanes are a joy for large vehicles. Oh I cant wait for the snow to snarl up these now tiny lanes with one stuck bus.

Someone probably paid for it

Should have italicized the “be” for that Chandler Bing effect.

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yeah some people will complain about our incredibly unsafe streets and complete lack of desire to make them safer, how absolutely weird!

they didn’t do this well when they were well staffed

There goes that insecurity!

You're right, I've got a massive donger

When I get my car back from getting it serviced I'll write "'Please [I need some] dick' -SheepherderFew3844" on the hood with a whiteboard marker and I'll DM it to you. Or I can post it on the /r/nyc sub, your choice

Its been like this for weeks now. They’ve got to be able to better coordinate the teams to finish this off.

Lol facts these bikers got some nerves

I love when Reddit is angry at something they are incorrect about.

These are pedestrian zones? I see a bunch of them along 5th Ave in Brooklyn and every one of them is a de facto parking spot.

I'm sure you're right – but it's been like this for weeks and there are cars parked there every single day. There's one there right now. And they don't get ticketed. So... it's a parking spot.

Until they finish it – or start ticketing the cars that are parked there every day and night – it's a parking spot.

Thank the lord for hannibalbaracka addressing the crime in this city! /s

What’s your issue with pick up trucks? It’s a car, and a practical one at that. This sub acts like pick up trucks are military vehicles, or something.

That headline writer is either tone-deaf or a master troll.

Hard earned tax money going to good use on dumbass yes men! Can’t think for them selves!

U live in a basement champ

U have Nada jag off

The NYPD is losing some of their best and most proactive these days to retirement and other states/agencies.

“If I fits, I sits” is the motto of cats and people looking for parking

It's not done yet.

I wish NYC also blocked cars from parking in corners

hah i'm not even mad at mr red truck for this one

Okay

I have never seen that happen, do you have news stories about such an occurrence? Usually DOT will maybe shrink a lane by 1 foot at most, with the minimum at 10 foot lanes which is still plenty wide given a car is around 6.5 feet wide and standard unit trucks (SU-30) being around 8.5 feet. 1 extra foot would do nothing so I'm not sure the issue you describe has been realized but if you have some pictures that'd be great

Found this:

> According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume

probably not based on where the truck is parked

> NYC has an almost universally convenient subway option

this just isn't the case for plenty of people with cars, which is why they choose to own cars

I drive a truck, a garbage one to be exact. I dont need news articles to see and sit in the 20 to 30 extra minutes of traffic because we no longer have 2 lanes in each direction to maneuver around double parked cars and trucks. And with so little space A single driver attempting to park can lock up the only available lane for driving.
The cascade of slowdown from that single event can ruin everyone's evening/morning commute.
There is no longer space for delivery trucks to park and unload, they literally block the entire lane of traffic on these re-imagined roads.
Bronxdale ave in the bronx is an example of how to fuck up a road so 15 people a day can bike around.

I just red this. I like this response. I kind of commented saying it was a dumb thing to do and suddenly people started downvoting. Sometimes people on this sub are so weird.

Anyway, I agree with your comment!

I was reviewing some of my comments from the last week and noticed that I got downvoted for my comment saying that this was a dumb move for painting like they did. Anyway, gcoba218, I like your response here. It's crazy how many people started getting downvoted on this thread.

At least someone appreciates me :) unlike the dumb person above

Haha.