miss_demeanourSep 24, 2025

Trump Admin Cancels Grants for Pedestrian Safety and Bike Lanes, Calling Them ‘Hostile’ to Cars

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/54034865

Trump Admin Cancels Grants for Pedestrian Safety and Bike Lanes, Calling Them ‘Hostile’ to Cars - Divisions by zero

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49481720 [https://lemmy.zip/post/49481720] > > The Trump administration is canceling millions of dollars’ worth of grants to help cities install bike lanes and other infrastructure meant to curb pedestrian deaths because it is allegedly “hostile” to cars.

Show threadBjörn
What’s always baffling about stuff like this (not specifically this, everyone knows Trump is an idiot) is that they don’t realise that whatever is good for pedestrians and bikes is also great for cars. It takes away cars from the road which makes traffic so much better. It makes it easier to provide parking because it doesn’t have to be right next to the destination.
Sep 25, 2025 at 1:06pmWeb
Show threadWaldelfeSep 25, 2025
But don’t you see, if they just had one more lane available to cars, there would be no traffic jam… It’s the same with the Deutschlandticket. Everybody’s crying how much tax payer money is used for it instead of being happy that more people stay off the road for a relatively low price.
Show threadHubertManneSep 25, 2025
Also without bike lanes bikes will more likely have to take the lane and drivers just love that.
Show threadphutatoriusSep 26, 2025
They’re only thinking of the road-raging obese morons whose body weight is only exceeded by their sense of entitlement. They can barely waddle into Walmart. They hate people who walk or ride bikes.