CanaiiMar 9

Queens Boulevard, New York City. It’s insane that we allow car dealerships to take over as much land as they want to store cars

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Queens Boulevard, New York City. It’s insane that we allow car dealerships to take over as much land as they want to store cars - Lemmy.zip

Imagine I opened a store selling…I don’t know…a chair shop. Then I put out chairs 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 🪑 on 4 or 5 blocks all around my store!!

Show threadTimeNaanMar 10
Jfc, why does the bike lane cross the street like that? It looks super unsafe
Show threadTaalnaziMar 10
More like, why does the street cross the bike lane like that.
Show threadTimeNaanMar 10
Fair enough. But the planners of this road must have a burning hatred of cyclists
Show threadfilcuk
Can’t speak for this street, may just be poor planning, but sometimes you have to work within the limits of budget or the location you’re working with.
It could be something less obvious, like utilities running shallow alongside the road and without the budget to move those, or the bike lane was added after the streets were in place.
Mar 10 at 3:58pmWeb
Show threadBanMeMar 10

Usually bike lanes are tacked on as a “can we shut them up without making too many changes”

It seems like thoughtfully designed and implemented bike lanes are the exception to the rule