The crowd at Josh Kraft’s mayoral kickoff went wild when he promised to “pause” construction of new bike lanes. But are the lanes a cause of Boston’s traffic and parking woes? Or a way to solve them?
And I will still continue to point out that places which have the most traffic congestion, like highways, also do NOT have bike lanes in them.
Strange how that happens, eh?
You’d think that without bike lanes, 18 lanes for cars, no pedestrians “jaywalking”, no stop signs or stop lights, “go as fast as you want” speed limits, and no speed bumps that you’d NEVER see congestion. But then reality kicks you in the balls.
EDIT: It’s actually hilarious the level of stupidity that carbrains have.
Here’s a map of boston’s cycling infrastructure:
And here’s a current snapshop of their traffic:
Notice how there’s only heavy traffic on roads without cycling infrastructure? Fucking morons.
No no no. That’s not how campaigning actually works. You need quick sound bytes, and promises that sound good if you don’t ever think about them. They don’t even have to be true. They just need to make the voter feel good. Just quick promises that can be said in 2-3 seconds, and doesn’t require you to think. Once you try to introduce free thought and critical thinking into politics the whole concept of elections falls apart if your whole agenda is to herd the masses.
Which is why if you elect me president, I promise that no more airplanes will be used to hit the twin towers. Also bacon.
“Carbrain” is a real mental disorder, though. How else do you describe somebody who looks through a windshield and sees a long line of idling cars into the distance, and thinks, “clearly the problem here is bicycles.”
I’m not going to argue with you. I asked politely because the aggressive negativity is exhausting and there’s already a place for it. If my request bothers you that much then downvote and move on and at least I’ll know who to block to keep it out of my feed that way.
And I will still continue to point out that places which have the most traffic congestion, like highways, also do NOT have bike lanes in them.
Strange how that happens, eh?
You’d think that without bike lanes, 18 lanes for cars, no pedestrians “jaywalking”, no stop signs or stop lights, “go as fast as you want” speed limits, and no speed bumps that you’d NEVER see congestion. But then reality kicks you in the balls.
EDIT: It’s actually hilarious the level of stupidity that carbrains have.
Here’s a map of boston’s cycling infrastructure:
And here’s a current snapshop of their traffic:
Notice how there’s only heavy traffic on roads without cycling infrastructure? Fucking morons.
No no no. That’s not how campaigning actually works. You need quick sound bytes, and promises that sound good if you don’t ever think about them. They don’t even have to be true. They just need to make the voter feel good. Just quick promises that can be said in 2-3 seconds, and doesn’t require you to think. Once you try to introduce free thought and critical thinking into politics the whole concept of elections falls apart if your whole agenda is to herd the masses.
Which is why if you elect me president, I promise that no more airplanes will be used to hit the twin towers. Also bacon.
I support your overall point but can you please keep the pejorative insults in the fuckcars community?
“Carbrain” is a real mental disorder, though. How else do you describe somebody who looks through a windshield and sees a long line of idling cars into the distance, and thinks, “clearly the problem here is bicycles.”
(e: improved punchline)
I’m not going to argue with you. I asked politely because the aggressive negativity is exhausting and there’s already a place for it. If my request bothers you that much then downvote and move on and at least I’ll know who to block to keep it out of my feed that way.