InfernalTest t1_j32dmcc wrote
Reply to comment by 22thoughts in Traffic study by former head of NYC DOT reveals what he says is ultimate cause of congestion by HEIMDVLLR
but a lot of the street design for the last 10 years has been to create more congestion 1- as a part of generating revenue via a toll 2- to supposedly make things safer for pedestrians by slowing cars down and of course if you slow down the cars then you will have congestion
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InfernalTest t1_j32iwsj wrote
a lot of this attitude is a result of the former DOT comissioner janette sadik-kahn
pretty much she was the incubator of the "ban cars" mentality that is so pervasive ( and IMO) so poisonous to any discourse - this is from a NYT article back in 2011 -
“She has an absolute certainty that she’s correct,” said Lewis A. Fidler, a council member from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, who has clashed with Ms.Sadik-Khan over bicycle lanes. “I guess it’s nice to go through life with that kind of certainty, but I don’t know if it’s appropriate in government.”
a lot of posters about this issue go on about Robert Moses and how much of an asshole he was with forcing his vision about how the city should be engineered- ironically those same people that curse his name ignore their own similar attitude about bikes and car ownership here in NYC because they know whats best for NYC ....just like he used to say.
22thoughts t1_j32retz wrote
Wow thanks for the NYT quote, hadn’t seen that. Totally agree with everything though
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