Conservatives always make leftists sound cooler than they really are lol.
In fact, I took one of my taglines from Trump’s anti-trans executive order, “An Anti American Ideology”. I’m a trans performer
Opening lines of the article:
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could make driving in the Big Apple hell on wheels
Oh fucking please. NYC has always been a shit-show to drive in. If they would improve the mass transit options, i would never choose to drive in.
Media is just the mouthpiece for the rich and it shows.
LETS
FUCKIN
GOOOOOOO
HA HA
🤣 “War on Drivers”. Thanks NY Post, I needed a laugh
car-hating activist
Oh boy, here we go. 🤣
Yeah, that’s some interesting framing to say the least.
nypost was so sour about mamdani’s election that it lead to this masterpiece:
I hope Mamdani frames one of those bad boys and hangs it on his office door.
He should have the city seize the means of production. Specifically, seize the NY Post. Turn it into an actually useful news source.
Accurately rename it the NY Dumpster but change nothing else about it.
New york post going full onion parody of itself. Might as well have batboy on the front page.
God, that’s hot. I want this.
I need to put stuff up on my walls, and this is actually something that I would put up as artwork
Where can I enlist for this war on cars?
Either way I read the article and I absolutely love everything they are saying Furnas is going to do.
I want to highlight a thingy in the article, NYT mentions “What about the mobility of seniors?” like they are all allowed to drive or have someone to drive them around if not.
Right here.
I hadn’t been to nyc for several years until this past weekend and the difference with e-bikes really struck me. There are so many more bike lanes than there used to be, so many more people on their e-bikes than there used to be, and even some cargo e-bikes like Amazon delivery. Manhattan taking “the right road” to transportation! Keep on going!
Oh yeah, my point. Anywhere an e-bike or cargo bike can go, so can personal mobility for seniors. Now that we have bike lanes, let’s take the next lane for golf carts.
This was definitely my type of trip: grab a Dunks on the way out of the house, hop an Acela down to nyc, watch some hockey, walk around tourist areas, and hop the Acela back!
Wow that was a horrible and very onesided article.
Well it’s the New York post which is basically a tabloid.
The Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
He said…basically…a tabloid…
Yes. Mods should ban links to it
Nonetheless it gives Furnas free publicity.
Best news I’ve seen all day!
Bikelash
the negative and outsized reaction of car culture to change
- Denial - “We will never be Amsterdam”
- Anger - comes in many forms, from demonization of cyclists as reckless to TV hosts yelling at a mayor <-- this story is here
- Bargaining - resort to last-ditch efforts, e.g. lawsuits
- Depression - self explanatory
- Acceptance - people appear out of nowhere and start biking to school, work, wherever
Source:
Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek
Solution: become a Bikeshevik.
I fully support the pedal and saddle!
War on Drivers
Dogshit title.
Its a war on the automotive industry and their planet killing infrastructure that’s forced millions of Americans to own cars they can’t even afford to get to jobs late that don’t even adequately compensate them.
Oh yes, that planet-killing infrastructure that allows your groceries to be delivered to your store.
Let me guess, your ideal future for humanity is ultra-densified condo towers with thousands of identical 250 sqft cubicles so we can all huddle together and bike to service jobs that don’t even let you see a lawn for the rest of your life?
Would it also include 10+ billion people by 2050 Mr Planet Killer?
Non car transportation exists, trains will get your goods to the store but vastly more efficiently. But you’re probably baiting anyway you car brained hyper individualist dweeb
I’d love to see barts from the north end to the sound in my city. We have major streets that don’t need cars parked on it.
Is it that controversial to want sidewalks?
Hell yeah. Conscript me for this shit, we going netherlands on new years on those smelly fucks.
For those who are unaware: https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/02/record-number-car-fires-new-years-eve-highest-total-rotterdam
If possible I would avoid being anywhere densely populated in the Netherlands over New Years. The whole country loses their fucking minds, handing explosives to children as young as ten with the advice: “Go have fun in the street, kid”. Strangers shoot fireworks in every direction, at buildings, into the canals, at random strangers just trying to get to shelter.
When I lived there, my girlfriend and I would always book a holiday well out of town on NYE. It’s insane, and not in a fun way.
Goodness, this article was a pain to read. Every single point raised is easily refutable but there’s one particular paragraph I wanted to pick apart:
Among the plan’s more than 80 demands is a bizarre proposal to build playgrounds smack in the middle of city streets that would then be redesigned into cul-de-sacs — a move the group claims will solve the city’s “playground desert problem.”
Imagine calling a plan to build more playgrounds - something that would provide a long-term benefit for children- “bizarre” just because it just might remove some streets? I don’t want come off as employing the overused “think of the children” argument since it’s used to justify censorship but children do, in fact, have a right to clean spaces with breathable, unpolluted air.
it is funny how low they are willing to go, not even journalistic integrity is stopping them anymore. should have the name of the writer out there and his twitter account so they can be shamed on public. If this is an actual person and not fake name or AI.
They’re trying to claim the playgrounds will be in the middle of the street. They even post a picture of an obviously poorly designed playground in between streets to associate the two ideas
This is despite the fact the whole point of closing low traffic streets to make a playground and cul de sac is so we don’t have to put a playground in a literal street
It’s propaganda, plain and simple
The first time I went to NYC, car traffic was still allowed on Broadway between 46th and 47th in Times Square. Closing it off gave all these tourists somewhere to go and made crossing the street so much safer. It’s crazy to me that so much real estate was ceded to making the area 5% more convenient for drivers when the land was so much better used for pedestrians. NYC is already so walkable but I’d love to see it even less congested. No reason not to use the bus.
Ban cars throughout the entire city. Delivery vehicles at night time only. Let the rich return to the ancient ways. To separate themselves from the rabble, they’ll be carried around in sedan chairs like the rich fat bastards of yore.
If it’s so bad why could they only find Ms Rauch to complain about it? Seems like an article about a plan that’s hated by a lot of people would be able to find more than one lady to talk to.
Reminds me of how they were using that same tactic for hit pieces about the congestion pricing a year ago.
