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[–] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

You have Carillion Square on the left there. Fitting.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The notion of having this many lanes in a built up area is insane to me.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 29 points 1 day ago

We don't even have that many lanes on our biggest highways in my country...

[–] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's part of the instinct to cover every possible area with parking space.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Impulse," maybe, but "instinct," no. It's important to always remember that car-dependency was not a natural or inevitable consequence of "progress" or modern technology, but rather the result of very deliberate government policy. Development that happens "naturally" (in the absence of zoning laws and FHA loan guidelines) does not look like this.

[–] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

You may say that, but I'm pretty sure that most north american infants develop the urge to construct an eight lane stroad surrounded by empty parking lots, even before they take their first step.

[–] makki@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

George Carlin.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 day ago

"Why don't kids go outside anymore?"

[–] Global_Liberty@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

I had this same thought last year when I drove through SLC on my way to Wyoming's national parks.

It's a huge missed opportunity for a college town like Orem.

[–] renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf 20 points 1 day ago

Riddle me this: if there are no cars, how will we pay auto insurance companies and speeding ticket fines?

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Well in those days Mars was just a dreary, uninhabitable wasteland - much like Utah - but unlike Utah it was eventually made livable"

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I’m not sure you could pay me enough to live in Provo.

Even driving a car, I hate these types of development. They're ugly as hell, annoying to navigate, and they only get more clumsy as the surrounding areas become population dense.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My grandparents used to live just a few miles from here.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean most bus lanes are empty most of the time, that's kinda the point, to give buses an otherwise empty lane.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Bus lanes are like bike lanes: they look a lot emptier than they actually are, in terms of throughput of people per hour.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the problem, the buses should be constant, maybe we could hook them all together and form like a long line of them.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're thinking of a train, which would be terribly inefficient if it had to drive 30 feet, stop, drive 30 feet, stop. Drive 30 feet, stop.

Would be much better if they weren't connected, and instead stopped at timed intervals, with a printed schedule to let you know what time to be there.

You know.....like a bus.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Why not a tram? Get the best of both worlds.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Salt Lake City has a few of those! They're pretty great

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

Yeah but then you have to be in Salt Lake City, the shear concentration of Mormons is enough to make me sick.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"RAILROAD
No train!"

—You

I don't know how it works in high-falutin' coastal cities nor yurop, since I'm just a flyover, but in my parts there's a lot more road than there is bus, and not just on the big routes, but on all of 'em. In fact, I've never even seen a bus route where there was even so much as half as many feet of bus as there was of road. Based on your comment, I take it that your city runs a bumper-to-bumper infinite loop train of several thousand buses like a gigantic, diesel-powered, horizontal paternoster lift?

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Now, my comment's intent was more jovial than that. I was noting it because of the volume of cars and multiple lanes juxtaposed nicely with the empty bus lane. It's a long view down an 8-9 lane road. There's not a bus to be seen on the horizon. A snapshot that provided unintended commentary.

Extremely triggering commentary, apparently, for which I do fully regret.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is one fine Acura TSX though.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Front wheel drive.

Less engine displacement than a [Chevy] Nomad.

Lame.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You haven’t driven one have you? I have, I owned one for three years, well technically it was the EUDM accord but it is the same car save for a few things.

It has a beautifully balanced chassis.

The buildquality is way above what’s expected in this class.

The k series engine is a gem, loves to rev and sounds great doing it.

The manual transmission is probably the nicest shifting you’ll ever find in a fwd.

And now to the subjective things:

It is good looking.

Great seats.

The interior is well thought out.

The rainsensing wipers turned on and off exactly as I would want them to, that is the only car I can say that about and I’ve driven a lot of newer car including premiumcars.

Great visibility from the drivers seat.

Pretty good aftermarket support.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I was just being silly and paraphrasing a very old reference.

(It is still fundamentally a FWD sedan, though, and therefore objectively inferior to, say, my Miata. 😜 )

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 1 points 14 hours ago

Ahh shit, didn’t catch that 😅 but that’s an incredible high standard to compare to, there’s only the s2000 and the mx5 and rx8 in that league that’s still attainable, and the rx8 needs an engineswap before we even begin 😅