This is why 10% of flex posts should actually be rebar anchored into the concrete, covered in reflective plastic as camouflage. Urban pickup truck drivers tend to be surprisingly upset about scuff marks and dents...
If it weren't for the fact that it also kills people not in the Cybertruck, I'd chalk this up to a self-correcting problem, possibly the best design Elon Musk has ever come up with.
When I mentioned that it destroys community to a group of AI devotees, I got so many blank stares that it convinced me that many of these people don't even know what that is or why they could benefit from it. Makes sense when you consider the background and overall behavior from the industry.
I think these are counting vehicles, not people? 1/5 vehicle reduction while the RR E hit a record 16k daily boardings in 2020 is impressive. I do wonder why transit reliability is down so much when personal vehicle use is also down, though.
I hate that this happened to her, and I hate that so few people in power care that this could be you, or me, or them.
And this is why I love storytelling games far more than the crunchy systems. I know it makes the rules lawyers sad because there's so much less to gripe about, but that's a plus for me.
When two civil service erections are in the same GIS grid...
Car with open trunk parked over a missing flex post blocking the bike lane
Car parked over a missing flex post blocking the bike lane
@seattledot.bsky.social Could we get some actual barriers to protect the bike lane on N 34th St? Drivers have figured out they can just destroy the flex posts and park in the bike lane with no consequences. #carsinbikelanes
I bet we could go an entire century without a cyclist managing to hit the broad side of a train.
I do think drivers would behave better if they had a fear of death within an order of magnitude of pedestrians/cyclists. OTOH, I also have empathy and don't really want to wish that on anyone, except maybe for a brief moment on traffic engineers for educational purposes only.
What more could you ask for? You're free to bike 40mph!
Do they expect no one to walk/bike/bus to the store? The E line stops outside, the Interurban is two blocks away, and the 333 and 345 are not that far away and can take you to various Link stations.
I would like not to die, but I know even that is too much for drivers who want to shave 30 seconds off their drive-thru coffee excursion.
As a non-driving cyclist, I wish this were the perspective of all drivers I encounter. In fact, I wish this were the attitude any of us would have when interacting with another person: start with empathy, safety, and respect!
It's amazing the contortions that car brains go through to avoid admitting they have an addiction, rather than choosing a more suitable mode of conveyance like walking, biking, or taking transit. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Has the local traffic engineer not bothered to walk the intersection because it would require filling out an insurance waiver?
Build a new electric trolley bus line.
I'm pretty sure if we did this in Seattle, it would be like printing money and we could go fare-free. Especially if it included illegally passing a bus trying to merge back into traffic (RCW 46.61.220).
It would be great if parking laws were enforced to the point that delivery companies actually want to be part of the solution: advocating for an actual parking management policy that lets everyone use public right-of-way safely.
In 25 years of owning my own bikes, I've had $405 in capital expenses (i.e. I've owned two used bikes), and $2160 in maintenance/repairs/parts/etc. All non-inflation adjusted, but try doing that with a car even over a year.
Over 30 years later, I still love the ST:TNG finale, easily the best finale of any Star Trek. I know it doesn't really count, but the S4 finale of B5 is excellent too, when they actually thought that it could be the series finale (S5 is ... not great though).
Is it still painful after accounting for the free TP?
As one half of a couple where often at least one of us has nothing to eat at a restaurant (vegetarian on one side, food allergies on the other), I have to roll my eyes at foodies who rave about how great the food is.
When your supply of workers are wannabe cops who couldn't even make it in TX or FL, that's what you get.
It also only benefits people needing to cross diagonally while penalizing people who need to cross once. I'd rather have better crossings in all directions without pitting pedestrians against each other.
Hopefully they don't obstruct anything a certain driver on the council needs to do, or they'll need to be ripped out at great public expense soon.
When people claim that congestion pricing's and public transit's goal is to make car travel as inconvenient as possible, I know they don't actually understand how the world works.
No golden parachute on his back?
Did some traffic engineer ask ChatGPT for a bike lane? I feel the same way looking at it as a 7-fingered AI hand, except only one of these things could kill me...
They certainly can be, but with that attitude I wonder why you're making such a big deal about us making our own decisions about how to allocate our limited resources like land and money.
