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Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Tue Jun 15 14:38:09 2021, in response to Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard, posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jun 15 08:37:02 2021. Pedestrians inconvenience motorists at times. But it's not even close to equal.In NYC and surrounding areas, pretty much every walk a non-jaywalking pedestrian takes, unless it's exclusively in a park, will be significantly detoured or delayed because of accommodations for motor vehicles. That occasionally a car has to wait a couple of cycles to make a turn because of tons of pedestrians is small potatoes relative to the idea of pedestrians expected to automatically wait two cycles outdoors to cross a street whether or not there is a lot of cross traffic, just so the cross traffic gets more green time. Divisions and signaling of the road in general always benefit motorists first. With no division or signaling, pedestrians walk at their regular walking speed and motor vehicles move slowly so as not to hit them, while with division and signaling, pedestrians move less than their walking speed (they have to wait at don't-walk signs and detour toward crosswalks) while motor vehicles move much faster, even with whatever red lights they encounter. Not to mention all of the places where motor vehicles are allowed but pedestrians just aren't. (Freeways, etc.) There's no way that law-abiding pedestrians of today inconvenience motorists anywhere near as much as the other way around. |
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