rideshare apps turn cities into a giant elementary school drop-off/pick-up line (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by culpritus@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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I try to avoid driving in the city generally because sicko-biker

But occasionally I have to operate a car in the city during rush hour, and it seems like every 2 blocks some rideshare is stopping in a travel lane to do pick-up/drop-off.

I can understand it to some degree if there is truly a complete gridlock of traffic (no harm no foul), but seems like people just be putting on emergency flashers and stopping about anywhere now.

Anyway, just another reason to avoid getting in a car when inside a city.

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[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

three-heads-thinking Well I hadn’t heard of this before. But from what I hear NYC is where Uber/Lyft drivers have free reign to do whatever they want and everyone parks illegally all the time, especially the cops, so I’m not sure if the underpaid intern that’s reviewing all the photos will issue a violation.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

So I was mixing up two things. There's an existing initiative where you can report idling trucks and busses (not cars) for air pollution violations and a bill going through (as of 2023) which would allow people to report cars and other vehicles for parking in a way that blocks cycle lanes, traffic, or footpaths.