22thoughts t1_j30kpch wrote on January 5, 2023 at 5:38 AM

They need to improve our highways so much too though

kolt54321 t1_j33r0ac wrote on January 5, 2023 at 9:10 PM

Improve? Why not create a second one for Brooklyn lol.

Ocean Parkway is 25mph throughout, that doesn't count.

22thoughts t1_j33yh32 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 9:55 PM

True, there should be a real north-south highway and the interboro should be extended all the way to the gowanus expressway. That would never happen with the political climate the way it is today, but they could at least raise the ocean parkway speed back to 30 like it used to be

kolt54321 t1_j345c4m wrote on January 5, 2023 at 10:37 PM

Exactly my thoughts. Or at the very least turn the 6 main lanes into a highway, and have the service roads as entry/exit points.

InfernalTest t1_j32dmcc wrote on January 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM

but a lot of the street design for the last 10 years has been to create more congestion 1- as a part of generating revenue via a toll 2- to supposedly make things safer for pedestrians by slowing cars down and of course if you slow down the cars then you will have congestion

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InfernalTest t1_j32iwsj wrote on January 5, 2023 at 4:50 PM

a lot of this attitude is a result of the former DOT comissioner janette sadik-kahn

pretty much she was the incubator of the "ban cars" mentality that is so pervasive ( and IMO) so poisonous to any discourse - this is from a NYT article back in 2011 -

“She has an absolute certainty that she’s correct,” said Lewis A. Fidler, a council member from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, who has clashed with Ms.Sadik-Khan over bicycle lanes. “I guess it’s nice to go through life with that kind of certainty, but I don’t know if it’s appropriate in government.”

a lot of posters about this issue go on about Robert Moses and how much of an asshole he was with forcing his vision about how the city should be engineered- ironically those same people that curse his name ignore their own similar attitude about bikes and car ownership here in NYC because they know whats best for NYC ....just like he used to say.

22thoughts t1_j32retz wrote on January 5, 2023 at 5:40 PM

Wow thanks for the NYT quote, hadn’t seen that. Totally agree with everything though