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re: When will I-10 be expanded to 3 lanes?
Posted on 7/13/25 at 7:55 pm to fallguy_1978
Posted on 7/13/25 at 7:55 pm to fallguy_1978
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The closest CATS bus stop is probably over a mile from my driveway. Ok, I walk the mile with my laptop and hope it doesn't rain. Then I get dropped off a half mile from the office.
Need to run an errand at lunch? Well, I'm fricked.
This is exactly why buses will never work. It's not feasible to have buses operating with stops on every single block once every 5 minutes. (And if they did stop that frequently - imagine how long it would take to actually get anywhere.) There are limitations to running public transit and this is why the freedom of an individual car will ALWAYS be more appealing and accommodating.
This post was edited on 7/13/25 at 7:58 pm
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Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:00 pm to Smeg
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There are limitations to running public transit and this is why the freedom of an individual car will ALWAYS be more appealing and accommodating.
I spent about a year in NYC in my early 20s. You can live there with no vehicle if you need to.
It's not feasible in most of the country, unless you are just so poor that you have no other choice.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:01 pm to Odysseus32
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I don't know why this is so hard to understand. Build something that allows people to cycle to work. Yes, even in Louisiana. A covered bike path that utilizes old rail systems and/or canals/waterways will get utilized if it's attractive enough
If EVERYONE lived in the same areas, and also WORKED in the same areas, and those areas were close together...sure.
But...Baton Rouge? You think people are gonna ride 30-40 miles on a bike? You think mom's are gonna haul little Jaxxxon and Heavynleigh to school on a bike?
If you want to bike to work, you buy someplace close enough to work to bike from.
Your idea is the dumbest thing I've heard all day. It's not about it being nice...it's just not feasible
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:04 pm to Odysseus32
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If you want traffic reduction, the way to go is increase funds to bicycle infrastructure and public transit so that they are desirable options.
Wait… you’re saying the solution to interstate congestion is…
bicycles?
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:04 pm to soccerfüt
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I think one of the criteria of becoming an emperor would be to know how to correctly spell the job title.
Then you aren't familiar with some of the people that have been emperor throughout history
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:06 pm to fallguy_1978
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I spent about a year in NYC in my early 20s. You can live there with no vehicle if you need to
Riding the subway is communism. Moose out front should've told you.
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It's not feasible in most of the country, unless you are just so poor that you have no other choice
It's not feasible to the scale that New York is, but there are changes we can make to our city planning and transit to release the pressure. You aren't adding a bike lane to the interstate. You're adding options to get where you're going without getting on the interstate.
Smeg mentioned not walking a few blocks to the next stop. If a city was walkable or bikeable and someone still wouldn't walk a few blocks to catch the bus or train because that's too much of an ask, that's more of a reflection on them. That's why everyone around here looks like a swollen lithium battery
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:07 pm to Darth_Vader
Not my thesis, but I don’t expect much from this board.
Let me distill it. Put money into alternative means of transportation.
It is weird to see the same response over and over. Makes me think theres been a mainstream talking point about this somewhere down the line.
Let me distill it. Put money into alternative means of transportation.
It is weird to see the same response over and over. Makes me think theres been a mainstream talking point about this somewhere down the line.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:08 pm to Odysseus32
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They aren't desirable options for 99% of people that you talk to.
Are these people you talk to unaffected by savage heat and rain? Do they never need to carry cargo? Do they have hours and hours to kill every day with a commute, and muscles that never fatigue over long distances?
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:09 pm to Odysseus32
quote:No. The mainstream talking point is from the redditsphere about carless cities and us being forced into cars because of infrastructure and trains and bikes being better.
Makes me think theres been a mainstream talking point about this somewhere down the line.
It’s untrue and retarded. You are the ones who invented the narrative
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:11 pm to Odysseus32
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It is weird to see the same response over and over.
Do you think maybe it's you who's off?
Why don't you listen to the will of the majority?
Why do you think you know what's best for them?
I'm not joking when I say this is the danger of leftist thinking. There's a refusal to admit being wrong despite overwhelming evidence.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:13 pm to fr33manator
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Are these people you talk to unaffected by savage heat and rain? Do they never need to carry cargo? Do they have hours and hours to kill every day with a commute, and muscles that never fatigue over long distances?
I'll never understand why y'all extrapolate the argument "we need better public transit" to "all cars should be banned forever, everywhere." It'd be just as stupid for me to say "oh walking is an inconvenience? So you want them to build a parking spot inside every cubicle so you don't have to walk through the parking lot, nazi?"
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:14 pm to Ingeniero
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Smeg mentioned not walking a few blocks to the next stop. If a city was walkable or bikeable and someone still wouldn't walk a few blocks to catch the bus or train because that's too much of an ask, that's more of a reflection on them. That's why everyone around here looks like a swollen lithium battery
It's just not feasible imo in most mid-sized cities. We live in a neighborhood in the BR city limits. It's probably over a mile to walk out of our neighborhood to a street busy enough to have a bus stop. Then I get dropped off in NBR and all of the fun that would be
It works in a handful of mega cities in this country, but not even in huge markets like Houston. We are a car-centric culture. Almost all of our cities are designed to support vehicles primarily, with few exceptions.
This post was edited on 7/13/25 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:21 pm to Smeg
I’m not on the left. Said this many times I’m not going into it again.
Listen very carefully.
I’m just not retarded.
It’s not surprising the fat fricks on this board freak out at the thought of having to move their legs.
I’m not arguing with you all. I’m telling you. Up to you to decide what to do with. Either way, I’ll be having a swell day tomorrow.
Listen very carefully.
I’m just not retarded.
It’s not surprising the fat fricks on this board freak out at the thought of having to move their legs.
I’m not arguing with you all. I’m telling you. Up to you to decide what to do with. Either way, I’ll be having a swell day tomorrow.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:30 pm to Odysseus32
Don't worry about em baw. This is them when the Harbor Freight is all the way across the parking lot from Chili's
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:33 pm to Odysseus32
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It’s not surprising the fat fricks on this board freak out at the thought of having to move their legs.
My daily commute to Birmingham is 30.9 miles each way. Oftentimes I’m obliged to attend business lunches that are generally 10+ miles from my office. And then there is business travel on top of that. In the past two months I’ve traveled to Mobile (twice), Montgomery, Opelika, and Pensacola. I’m traveling to Montgomery and Opelika next week, Nashville the week after, and Peoria next month.
Does any of that sound feasible on a bicycle?
This post was edited on 7/13/25 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:37 pm to Darth_Vader
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My daily commute to Birmingham is 30.9 miles each way. Oftentimes I’m obliged to attend business lunches that are generally 10+ miles from my office. And then there is business travel on top of that. In the past two months I’ve traveled to Mobile (twice), Montgomery, Opelika, and Pensacola. I’m traveling to Montgomery and Opelika next week, Nashville the week after, and Peoria next month.
Does any of that sound feasible on a bicycle?
Yeah that's usually the standard we go by. If everyone in every city can't ride a bicycle to every destination in their life, multimodal transit is a bust. Guess we'll all just have to drive
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:39 pm to Darth_Vader
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My daily commute to Birmingham is 30.9 miles each way.
It's not feasible for most with way shorter commutes. Hell, probably 30-40% of kids in BR go to private schools with no bus service.
You need millions of people in a pretty dense area for it to work. Sure, Nola might have the street cars, but for it to make any difference for traffic, it would need to be feasible for a large percentage of the population.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:43 pm to Ingeniero
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Yeah that's usually the standard we go by. If everyone in every city can't ride a bicycle to every destination in their life, multimodal transit is a bust. Guess we'll all just have to drive
You can already ride a bus or bicycle in your city. Why are you flapping your cocksucker? What more do you want, tell us in detail.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:48 pm to Odysseus32
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If you want traffic reduction, the way to go is increase funds to bicycle infrastructure and public transit so that they are desirable options.
What in the absolute frick is this hippie dippie garbage.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:04 pm to Ingeniero
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Yeah that's usually the standard we go by. If everyone in every city can't ride a bicycle to every destination in their life, multimodal transit is a bust. Guess we'll all just have to drive
I’ll just leave this here…
Please note the part where it says the average American travels 42 miles daily.
And as others have pointed out, what about things like taking kids to ball practice, dance class, karate, etc?
What about when it’s time to buy groceries?
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