Heart of America bridge a protected 2-way cyclepath on a controlled access hiway over the mighty Mo.
of course we’re not against facilities for bikes where cycling safety is promoted!
@GoingDutchDEN
one car on the road and one bike on the road, and you have conflict! the car was trying to give you a wide berth, it was no big deal, a momentary thing and then nothing. Are you seriously suggesting this is evidence of some thing? it is a nice flat smooth road in a lovely area :)
@CoinHeadBitcoin
@TailsWindsFI
this account apparently likes to film working class people at their jobs and make fun of them earnestly listening to and trying to answer his stunt questions.
@Henryz_mom
did henry ever ride in a car to get to/from a violin practice or concert? sorry for your loss but tying it to an anti-car crusade is unseemly
@Bikery1966
unless there is a carried load that sticks out off-camera, that pass seems plenty roomy compared to many. is it necessary to press the issue and have someone have legal/money troubles over this ? seems like stoking conflict rather than live and let live. ride safe, glad u ok
@RichardWellings
Tragic how bikelane fad turns cycling into an avatar of gentrification, elitism & ableism. we regular city cyclists never asked for this - we don't want bus stops, parking, delivery etc. disrupted 24/7 by bikelanes, we just want motorists to heed us when we ride
#HomeRoads
of all the bad public policy impacts of bikelane fad, the truly unforgivable sin is how it interferes w bus users, like wiping out stops and making bus users dodge bikes.
How could sane people promote these bus stops. They are inaccessible to blind people and a f***ing menace to everyone one else.
@ellyannab
@SebDance
@SadiqKhan
@PattieMeyer2022
@Gothamist
155 million in overtime doesnt “make sense”. a hardees shift manager knows how to make a schedule to avoid OT. this is a bad grift/hustle/fraud on taxpayers
Broadway at 21st - bikelane fad obviously interferes w/ ALL curbside city Life such as delivery trucks. But the guy who sells greenpaint to NYC will stay rich!
@ChaponaBike123
dear motorists: put your damn phone away & put your hands on the steering wheel and keep your eyes on the road. its not hard. this is our request (and its the law)
@NoBikeLanes
shows how anti-pedestrian the bikelane fad is. NYC's captured transportation planners have sacrificed pedestrian safety at the altar of the bikelane fad.
go Chiefs! go Forester Viaduct! but no more bikelanes! a brief discourse on why bikelanes are anti-cycling, using the wonderful Forrester Vdct. as example.
@NYC_DOT
Remember when you didn't include any advocates from the disabled community in your closed-doors invitation-only meeting on diversity?
This here is why people call you ABELIST!
this is the fruits of NYC’s captured townplanners chasing after the “micromobility” and “active transportation” fads. It’s nothing more than ableism & ageism.
Margo, 77, hit by delivery worker on e-bike on E. 82nd, knocked unconscious, multiple face and upper body injuries. Is THIS what we are doing to our older New Yorkers? Do something! Accountability now!
@KeithPowersNYC
@DianaAyalaNYC
@NYCSpeakerAdams
@ammorano
@UnderhillOSCC
@NYC_DOT
@NYCMayor
@CMCrystalHudson
those ridiculous barriers just serve to block streetsweeper and snowplow, and they are cycling hazards (look at greenpaint lane going right over dangerous slick steel grate w/ slots positioned bad). Somebody gets rich off of this grift.
@JimRockaway
but motorcycles and cars are licensed and registered & illegal to operate on sidewalks or into pedestrian spaces, unlike these lithium battery bikes which are electric motorcycles
@KathyParkPrice
maybe you would have better results if you rode around with a smile on your face instead of a chip on your shoulder. Try it and see :) ride safe
the “micromobility” & lithium battery-bikeshare fad may divert millions from mass transit but no serious person thinks they are the same thing. You dont gotta give ur credit card or sign a liability waiver to ride a bus
@VickieforNYC
@askjbrsj
or look at the cavernous federal buildings & courthouses? I ride by the Robt J Dole United States Courthouse on a cold day & think “dang Empire can we come inside? Ewoks is freezing out here!”
@nbcwashington
@lewi3_lewis
bikelane fad wipin’ out parking & bus stops, tuff on disabled. usually lotsa enormo-curbz which are anti-mobility. there is another way which does not pit groups against each other! we regular city cyclists never asked for these debris lanes
#CyclistsAgainstBikeLanes
dining sheds obstruct view from opposite sidewalks. You cant even see the society of mechanics & tradesmen bldg 20 west 44th street - why is this fad blocking view of iconic buildings in a historic district?!?!
@Nimbyyimbywtf
if it was a job where you had to carry trade tools, or equipment or materials, or the job-site was away from an office, the number of cyclists would be zero. we love cycling but most folks dont wanna put themselves thru an athletic event just to get to their job.
@MikeyCycling
yes sadly this strident “separation” bikelane ideology does give the driving public the anti-cycling notion that we don’t belong on the road, also makes them less prepared to encounter cyclist on shared road & all streets are shared at intersections. ride safe!
@bartleby_era
@mcguinness_safe
his work truck is parked curbside. he is working on something. where else is a work truck supposed to park in a city other than curbside? ride around it. you are healthy and able-bodied enough be thankful for that
@Boenau
but drivers can’t pull over when they hear sirens if there are “protection” or “harden” bikelane decorations blocking them (bonus tip: they also thwart streetsweeper & snowplow)
@LincolnRestler
how does a “truly protected bike lane” make it thru an intersection? are you envisioning a system of tubes? bc in surface transportation ALL crossings are shared. “protected” bikelane fundamentalism can never escape this reality
Ableist design trips pedestrians esp lo-vision/unable to step-up high. Bikelane "protection" 24/7 defeats normal curbside bus boarding, streetsweeper, snowplow, delivery, work trucks, pulling over if you hear sirens, etc. EVEN IF no cyclist using it. Streets are not recpaths!
road surface conditions way more important to cycling safety than bikelane decorations; we need basic maintenance of sidewalks & streets before we waste money enriching “complete streets” consultants
how many 1000s of gallons of paint is spilled onto streets for this bikelane fad? and what is in that paint? and when bikelane fades to blight lane, where does the paint chemicals all go?
@CelestinAustin
cars won’t be able to pull-over if they hear sirens bc the bikelane “protection” bollardz block them, also defeat streetsweepe, snowplow & normal curbside bus on- & off-boarding 24/7 even if no 🚴♀️ using it 🤷♀️
@DanielBikes_
reason why debris accumulates in bikelanes is bc of GritPrinciple: where car tires travel, grit is whooshed away. where car tires don’t travel, grit isnt whooshed away. & decorations like bollardz & barrierz just defeat the streetsweeper.
@Gregster56
@AdamSchaffer15
bikelanes arent being pushed by cyclists. it is not a grassroots thing at all. if it were grassroots then we would be seeing volunteer cleanups of the broken glass & debris lanes
@criticalurban
why dont urbanists ever complain about wasted space on empty urban railyards? why no “railroad diets”? We have noticed that urbanists just wanna control other people. Wish they would just find a real judgy, fundamentalist church to join & leave us alone.
@Mike94663851870
that dining shed looks like it makes a nasty blind spot for pedestrians and all road users on that corner (unless I am seeing this wrong)
@lambethltnwatch
this is the most anti-cycling thing you could do, installing ugly dangerous obstacles like that to narrow a road and make a cyclist have a conflict/pinchpoint with a motorist for no damn reason at all.
@StreetsblogNYC
@NYC_DOT
this pic just demonstrates yet again how disruptive bikelane fad is to all normal curbside city life, be it parking, delivery, normal curbside bus service, work trucks, pulling over if you hear sirens, etc etc. etc. and even if no one using the bikelane!
@AdamSchaffer15
& notice these privileged preening fietsters like to show themselves cycling thru the leafiest courtliest most affluent disricts. 99% of cycling advocacy is merely a status flex
ever notice that the fake-urbanist obsession w “walkability” is mostly just a status flex for people who want to be seen promenading thru desirable rich districts??
If we want more people to walk, walking needs to be a dignified experience. Here's a good litmus test: If you were driving and saw your buddy Henry walking, would you think:
- Poor Henry, his car must be broken *or*
- Look, there's Henry, out for a nice walk 1/
cars are useful for buying a bike at Thrift World. front wheel slightly out of true; back tire bead no good. otherwise, a perfect fifty dollar +1 made in taiwan diamondback!!!
@MannyAbarcaIV
@JacksonCountyMO
you are a cultural vandal Manny. Gen Jackson may have been a total scoundrel but the statues of him are artistically beautiful, historically important, non-blighted public art in good condition, paid-for, bothering no one! Destroying what others build is a bad look.
@fuelgrannie
phrase “taking space away from cars” … has gotta be a psyop
generations of americans understood/accepted NYC as a place of bustle & commerce. busy streets. cabs. trucks. what is this fetishization of a gentrified suburban tranquility being imposed on NYC!
This is a recpath. We ❤️ recpaths. Bikelane fad has not created one recpath or new place to ride a bike, it only hijacks existing roads, often ruining them for safe cycling & safe driving both.
“because ultimately what’s going to sustain the old-fashioned bike (especially as e-bikes continue to take over) isn’t bike lanes or policy decisions or celebrity endorsements or anything else. No, the only thing that’s going to sustain them is people who love bikes”
@RezaC1
unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured moto, heavy & with powerful lithium-ion battery. A vehicle. Not a bicycle. I see these guys going 5 blocks without making one pedal revolution. It ain't cycling. Yet the bikelane pushers ignore us because they label us "vehicular cyclists"
@EricWBunch
@MARCKCMetro
cc:
@RepSamGraves
regional planning councils (RPCs) are becoming Grift Houses, money wasted on endless urbanplanning will not yield any benefit to general welfare. 2 shuttered bridges over the Kaw affect KC regional transport way more; many more pressing infra/transp needs
@criticalurban
this type of personality would feel more comfortable living in a gated community with extremely robust HOA enforcement mechanisms. probly oughta stay outta cities
"A senior disabled resident was just denied a parking space at her home because of the new curbside bike lane-this despite the fact that alternate bike routes for cyclists already exist and the fact that bicycle ridership on the street is light"
@NYC_DOT
@Chrislejohnyc
@USDOT
a thousand cargo bikers cant carry whats in one semi w/ a 53 footer. this is transportation narrative not transportation reality. also enormo-grift
@Boenau
traffic calming YES in the form of enforcing existing speed limits, lowering limits (where appropriate) & speed tables. NO to schemes to narrow roads, or tall-kerb pinch-points/tons of anti-cycling road furniture. Yes to recpaths. No to bikelanes except where needed.
@criticalurban
that brand of bikelane bully is especially obnoxious. as if their expensive & RADICAL street re-designs haven’t totally usurped all other city curbside functions, or directly impacted the mode of transport of existing city cyclists
@urbanthoughts11
nice sunny day. rain much in ireland? :) all that tweed & wool would weigh a ton and never get dry! having to cycle while dressed-up may appeal to sense of nostalgia but it is a real drag
Gilded Age opulence meets Neoliberal Age stupidity at Ladies Mile - which urbanist genius is responsible for this enormo-rock right in the way of pedestrians using Tiffany’s clock crosswalk??
@TransAlt
@dotnyc
@schmangee
that would be the most anti-cycling thing you could ever advocate for. make a tight squeeze for no reason. we like a wide berth not a tight squeeze by a passing car. thx for considering. its not just peds & cars. there are also 🚴♀️s
"NYC Open Streets are supposed to be safe, but pedestrians say mopeds and e-bikes are still a danger"
reported August 5, 2024 CBS NY by Masha Saeidi
@CBSNewYork
The reporter witnessed an accident between a bike and child!! ⚠️
100's of constituents - including disabled
@ImpunityCity
@TransAlt
groups like
@TransAlt
@BikeWalkKC
[or whichever bogus non-profit like it operates in your particular town] are NOT creating a culture that ❤️s 🚴♀️cycing -they are stoking conflict with anti-car propaganda & making folks hate cyclists, seeing roads narrowed & closed w bikelanes
@PoundstoneWill
@YimbysRglib
“urbanism”= valuing the recreational activities of a gentrified class over the occupational & vocational activities of working classes. ramming bikelanes onto wide avenues & BLVDs making them useless for commerce, converted into faux-urbanist-adventure RecPaths
@PenelopeEleni
@NYC_DOT
@MarkLevineNYC
someone pocketed millions off selling that rock. “zero vision” & “complete streets” consultants fraudsters & rent-seekers have parasitized city streets budgets. road furniture like this blocks streetsweeper & snowplow but are part of this unstoppable fad. Urban Renewal 2.0
@RezaC1
@infopobn
these are just Rich Guys who have made their grift off micromobilty fad & are moving onto other taxpayer-subsidized profiteering 🤷♂️ all those battery share-bikes will end up in Landfill
@_Steve_Bennett
bikelane fad so disruptive to all normal curbside city life. ride around it. whats so special about the toxic greenpaint dumped everywhere
@AdamSchaffer15
this is the privileged face of this new breed of anti-car propagandist & ableist bigot that has captured transportation bureaucracies. They are Urban Renewal 2.0 Destruct-O-Bots.
@criticalurban
it's a hazard for cyclists! how would a car give a wide berth pass with those obstacles laid down in the mid of the road? only an advanced-degree townplanner could be stupid enough to give us a boulder in a street.
@cornoisseur
LOL what urbanist genius wants to lay enormo rocks down on the tarmac and sidewalks blocking pedestrians and defeating streetsweeper, snowplow and emergency responders. what a ridiculous grift - who gets rich off that stupid boulder being put there! earlier generations cleared ro
@AdamSchaffer15
@erin4nyc
“micromobility” grift/fad pushes powerful heavy electric motorcycles onto newbie inexperienced riders w undeveloped bike/handling skillz. then when u break ur collarbone u get squat help w ur medical billz. incomprehensibly stupid public policy
what does walking have to do with cycling? Almost nothing. walking is how humans have travelled for >500,000 years; we’ve cycled in cities only since about 1870s. Beware of bogus astroturf nonprofits that conflate the two, simply bc they are both not-driving!
“road diet” fad truly portends the extinction of ordinary cycling on our good wide heritage BLVDs & avenues! Loss of habitat for us regular riders on our own
#HomeRoads
@RealNewYorker2
@hgigante
NYC also wasted $400 millions on bikelane consultants. Sorry folks this is what a destructive urban planning fad does, it sux money out and there isnt enuf for other things.
@AdamSchaffer15
@ClarendonBros
yup, bikelaning is the new redlining (not my phrase, thx to
@infopobn
). I hate it bc it turns cycling into an avatar of displacement and gentrification. It's the anti-ciclismo.
@lindsaybanks
@bikelaneuprise
please dont hassle cops with disruptive bikelane fad, its hard on 1st responders & many others. + cops ain’t “perps” they are what keep us safe from criminals running red lights!