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Definitely has his grip on reality, this one

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

Gee, I wonder what causes congestion in high speed lanes and roads? Too many fucking cars at the same time? Nah, it must be some communist subversion

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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

oh no they called me a communist however shall i cope

[-] Naich@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When it gets to the stage that you get called a communist, you know you have won the argument.

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[-] RockBottom@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago
[-] marius@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

See, the problem is that you only have two lanes in the city /s

[-] Nukul4r@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago
[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Just one more lane bro. I promise bro just one more lane and it'll fix everything bro. Bro, just one more lane. Please just one more, one more lane and we can fix this whole problem bro, bro c’mon just give me one more lane i promise bro, bro bro please! Just need one more lane

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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

If you're stuck in traffic, you ARE the traffic.

[-] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

"Hi boss, I'll be a bit late into work. I am traffic."

[-] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

"Hi boss, I'll be a bit late into work. I'm stuck in me."

[-] destructdisc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

"Goddammit Phalange, I don't need to know what kinky shit you're into. Go to the hospital if it's that bad."

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[-] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

“I’m the main character and everyone else is the NPC traffic!”

[-] formergijoe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

"No one in New York drove. There was too much traffic." -Phillip J. Fry

[-] flandish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

communism is when bike lanes.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

It's crazy how our 18-lane highway, with none of the stuff mentioned, is gridlocked all the time. 🤔

Maybe one more lane, bro!

[-] fishy@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

It's the stoplight's fault! Ban stop signs, traffic lights and remove speed limits and we'll never have gridlock again!!!

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[-] callyral@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

"Ants don't *create* ant colonies."

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

What it wrong with that guy? Did a bike fuck his wife or something?

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Fun fact: The faster a car travels, the bigger the spacing between the cars gets. That's necessary to leave enough distance for emergency stops.

While the speed increases linearly, the spacing increases with the square, meaning at double the speed, the spacing quadruples, which in turn means that throughput (number of cars per hour) halves.

This is the reason why many regions use electronic speed signs to drop the speedlimit lower when there's congestion. Because it increases throughput and thus reduces travel times.

The optimum speed for high throughput is 30km/h.

Counterintuitive as it might be, drivers should be all for 30km/h speed limit in cities, because it would make them get to work faster.

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[-] mcv@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Congestion is literally made out of cars. Without cars, there would be no congestion.

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[-] Yermaw@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I'm stuck on this rock with people like that. The worst part is they speak with such confidence and authority that their opinions will carry more weight than mine in the real world.

I despair.

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[-] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Y'all are both stupid. Society creates congestion in car-transportation and on-foot transportation. Mass transportation is just more efficient in certain societal configurations and needs. There will still be trucks and deliveries of all kinds and workers and shit that need to use cars for their jobs to be efficient.

A lot of people could use mass transportation or try to reduce the distance they need to travel, but all of this petty back and forth is fucking stupid and worthless if it remains petty and shallow, and continues to avoid the real topic, which is not cars, which are just tools that allow an individual a range of autonomy that is faster and further in certain societal configurations.

So, the issue should be societal configurations (and human values), not cars.

Using cars is such an unproductive wedge issue that just irritates everybody who can see the bigger issues. It's noble, but amounts to basically greenwash trolling to anybody outside of your community (fuckcars). It's a hyperfixation on a ultra specific, single-solution to an ultra broad collection of societal efficiency and random other related topics that feels like some of you are just misplacing personal childhood trauma, and really need therapy, or you just enjoy being irritating, thus my belief that some of this really is just greentrolling, which, if you really wanted to fix stuff, there are better ways of doing it.

To be absolutely transparent, I don't entirely dislike y'all's existence, in fact, I quite appreciate it in many ways. But, everytime I see one of your posts or memes, I just kinda.... Tsk. And it irritates me a little bit, I can't upvote it, and I think I've finally been able to put that irritation into words, and feel compelled to voice my opinion.

So, opinion voiced, carry on /rant

[-] pero@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

"Please bro one more line on the highway bro please just one more lane"

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

See not congested at all.

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[-] SleepyBear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of a quote "Every single drop of water felt it could not be to blame for causing the tidal wave/flood" Me remembering it is a little rough, but the concept stays the same lol.

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[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[-] art@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Bikes are not usually allowed on the highway, yet the highway experiences congestion. How is that?

[-] utopiah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

What... next thing you know you'll ask people to use reason. /s

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I once had the pleasure of cycling the Shimanami Kaido in Japan, a bike route that connects the islands of Honshu and Shikoku, hopping between all these minor islands on the way over suspension bridges carrying the main highway.

The bike lane is protected the whole time. In one case, the bike route is actually below the deck of the bridge, and you're on a fenced-in catwalk hundreds of feet over the channel between the islands. Views for miles over Osaka bay.

Honestly, when I look back at my life, it's probably my favorite thing I've ever done. If only the U.S. invested in bike infrastructure like that.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Current plan for the new cape cod bridges include a protected bike lane with a great view over the canal!

Too many people complain we could fit an extra lane in that space without thinking. Sure there are huge backups, but those are addressed with the new design not making cars slow down and not having entrance and exit ramps right there. Most importantly, you’re crossing to a two lane highway so there is no benefit to more than two lanes. Allowing continuous flow to the amount that the other side can handle reduces congestion. Anyone you can get on a bike is the one that will reduce congestion. And for all that is holy, let’s run the Cape Flyer often enough to be useful

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's great to hear! I was actually living in Somerville when I did that Japan trip. The extension of the bike path and really that whole rails-to-trails project were wonderful for the community. We need more projects like that - glad to hear the cape is getting some.

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're right. They don't create congestion.

They ARE congestion.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

This, exactly.

You're not sitting in traffic .... You are traffic .

The guy in the OP also gives off small dick energy. Just saying.

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