Doug GordonDriving entitles a person to a lot of things, including accessibility if they are unable to take other options, cargo space when needed, private space and more. What it does not entitle a person to is speed.
Rob ToftnessThere is no rule that says it has to take a driver less time to get somewhere than a transit user, cyclist or even a pedestrian.
Sifu Tweety Fish, cDc@BrooklynSpoke kinda feels like it should take longer as a rule, really.
@BrooklynSpoke I daydream about the boating rules of the road applying to cars, where the bigger, faster, more motorized vessel has an obligation to give way if they can
@sifutweety Totally! And disabusing drivers of this entitlement is part of what it will take to make other options faster!
Jeremy 🇨🇦@BrooklynSpoke written out like this it is somewhat of an odd reality-distortion-field kind of thing since it is almost always slower outside of very niche distances and highway traffic conditions.
@BrooklynSpoke at least, one of the big things I noticed going car-free was that I was actually able to better estimate time of travel, and things I thought would take forever turned out to be faster by ebike.
@thatgeoguy Yeah, one of my favorite things about cycling is how reliable it is in terms of travel/arrival time.
Vance Maverick@BrooklynSpoke hear, hear. People also feel entitled to a space at their destination, which sometimes becomes glaringly impossible (https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/03/27/cherry-blossoms-metro-dc/)
lia bulaong@BrooklynSpoke people always get so mad when i tell them i can bike most places in nyc faster than a car could take them, especially if they have to park at the end.