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I hate how car centric infrastructure makes walking out of your house and into a bus really dangerous.

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know what's more dangerous for cyclists than traffic zooming by on an unprotected bike lane? Giant busses with limited visibility swerving in and out of that lane.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You guys keep replying to me like I don't already know all of this. Doesn't change the fact that right now there isn't bike infrastructure or bus infrastructure at all. Right now cyclists and children waiting for the bus have nothing. I'm proposing something. Do I think it's the perfect solution? No. Do I think it would be an improvement for this situation? Yes.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think what we're trying to say is that your suggestion is not an improvement. It increases risks to cyclists, doesn't protect pedestrians, and only serves to improve car throughput which is not a priority.

Enforcement and heavy penalties for breaking what is already the law would be good, as would be a dedicated bus lane, protected sidewalks, installing speed governors on all vehicles limiting them to 30kph... there are lots of options that would clearly improve safety, and you're advocating for the one that doesn't help anyone but selfish drivers.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And their child victims. We keep skipping right over those. Y'all keep making perfect the enemy of better.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, you're making excuses for selfish drivers when a wide variety of cheap, practical options are available that will save lives.

  • Enforce existing laws
  • Create a dedicated bus lane
  • Introduce traffic calming
  • Limit car speeds
  • Ban fucking cars

OK, maybe that last one is impractical in car sewer towns, but your plan of creating a sacrificial bike lane would only get cyclists killed and allow drivers to go faster.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Repeating yourself doesn't change my mind, and I'm not going to repeat myself a 3rd time.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  • You proposed a bad idea
  • Two people pointed out the many reasons why it was a bad idea.
  • You responded to this by ignoring the reasons why we said this was a bad idea, repeating your original demonstrably flawed idea.

...and you're annoyed that we felt we needed to repeat ourselves.