Sad news. The city that never sleeps just went off the road. #NYC#CongestionPricing was all ready to start on June 30. NY Governor Kathy Hochul just slammed on the brakes.
Getting here was a massive advocacy and legislative effort. #NewYork was going to be the first major city in the #US to control #cars. It took years to plan, had to get federal approval, and cost millions to build the system. The machines and signs are installed, ready to go. #CarBrain
"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution..."
@bbbhltz@TheWarOnCars it never ceases to amaze me how #CarBrain people think that freedom means that we should build our own homes to cater for them to be able to travel through with their metal murderboxes.
No, suburbanites, cities don't owe you a nice car infrastructure so you can haul your @$$ to our city in your personal vehicle. We need to build the cities for the people living there, not the people passing through.
Pff.. I just got cut off on my bike by this triple A hole with his massive window blinded SUV on the bike lane while he was holding his phone making a call
I was signing and yelling he should put his phone down and open his eyes, didn't take much of his car would have enjoyed the frame of my bike
Seemed like a "though businessman" or perhaps even a diplomat with foreign licence who did like he "owned the place" but not when I'm around
I don't care for your status, act like a human or ...
I have a theory about why every social media post about either cyclist or biker safety immediately gets swamped by really angry car drivers who want to kill us, and it comes down to ignorance.
Most cyclists and bikers are also car drivers, so we can see both points of view.
Most car drivers are only car drivers, which makes it harder to understand the different points of view. Learning to drive a car should include some time on 2 wheels. #BikeTooter#motorcycle#CarBrain#roadsafety