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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed Jun 16 12:10:24 2021, in response to Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard, posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Jun 16 11:20:23 2021. When you extend a green cycle by 15 seconds on those streets, you are helping maybe 20 pedestriansAnd my response is that the only reason why those 20 pedestrians needed help to begin with is that the road is designed to speed motor traffic. Restricting the cars to the street doesn't speed up the pedestrian's commute. But restricting the pedestrians to the sidewalk helps the cars immensely. The sidewalk is not a courtesy to pedestrians; it is a courtesy to cars to keep pedestrians out of their way. (Moving walkways would be a courtesy to pedestrians.) Then we go and say that the pedestrians are outnumbered so they have to wait longer to cross, and then wonder why there's no interest in doing anything but driving (i.e. no interest in public transit projects). For the record, I live in NYC and own and drive a car. When I drive, I never feel entitled to get somewhere within a certain timeframe because I know that I am using the most burdensome (to others) means of transit possible. |
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