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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The increase in retail sales is a powerful one for local businesses, who usually argue against this kind of thing.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They are arguing in bad faith - their true motivation is that they want a parking space for themselves right outside the business

[–] scintilla@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I struggle to believe that most people are that set on not walking at most 5 mins that they are willing to loose out on that much extra money.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was in Salt Lake City yesterday. Was one of the most bike friendly cities I’ve ever been to in the US. A group ride with 100s of people was happening until midnight. There was also decent public transportation and tons of rentable bicycles and scooters galore. Ya’ll should be proud of what you’ve done there downtown.

Granted it was still an American city. There was still loud car traffic and lengthy timed crosswalks.

But it did give me an idea. What if cars were prohibited from downtown? If there were well placed parking decks surrounding the square? What if shipping trucks used back alleys or were infrequent enough that they could drive on walking surfaces? People would walk or use bikes or scooters to get where they need to go. Perhaps a hop-on-hop-off train or buses or tram for longer commutes for those who cannot or choose not to walk?

The streets would be quiet. Green spaces abound interspersed among the buildings. The city could be built for people and life instead of cars.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

too bad we have a bike org here that has browbeat the city into allowing it to ignore traffic ordinances.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is this really the first one? Feel like I’ve seen many in many cities…

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

I feel like this isn't the first one in Manhattan.

Does the West Side Highway or the 6th Ave. one not count?

[–] jaykrown@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

This is what a proper bike lane looks like. We need more of these.