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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Hopefully the Suburbs take the L and expand their own bus routes instead of trying to plan around it with convoluted freeways and overpasses.

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 52 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Ah yes, NYC drivers who are well known for following traffic markings.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 107 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Good thing the busses have freaking laser beams to get rid of the traffic

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Finally, truck vaporizers for those pesky lane wanderers

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I wonder if it can vaporize things other than trucks.

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

does the bus have a fucking face mask on

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeh it’s a Transformer who doesn’t like diesel fumes.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Flatten the curve!

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

are cameras installed on the buses?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

In San Francisco a few thousand miles away—yes, big fine

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

When I lived in Portugal there was this cobblestone street in my bus commute that just fit one vehicle with some room. At least one every month the bus would be stuck there because someone parked "real quick" with a wheel up the sidewalk. People just don't care unless there's constant enforcement.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Public transit vehicles should have push bars like police cars do.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Those thinks are banned in Europe nowadays and I have never seen them in all the dacades before that ban... unless in US media (or in very rural setups lacking actual streets).

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 days ago

It doesn’t fit the space well but I do love seeing cars impaled on or simply stuck behind hydraulic bollards. I wonder if that could be implemented here.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's automated with traffic cameras to give tickets

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ll just leave the most recent example here (there are literally dozens like him)…

“A New York driver was identified in spring 2025 as the city's most reckless after a black Audi A6, driven by a driver named Dillon Wertz, accumulated 563 traffic and camera-issued tickets in 2024 alone, mostly for speeding. The vehicle's total violations reached 968, with fines potentially exceeding $58,000, though the driver had already paid over $46,000 at the time of the reports. Despite the high number of violations, the driver remains on the road and continues to drive recklessly”

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does the US not have any sort of system that makes you lose your license after too many major infractions? Though i guess with an average of about $60 maybe it's just a ton of minor ones.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Not an American, but in my country automated tickets can only be a fine and nothing else, same with small scale speeding. 50 km/h over or something like that is where they can jail you for a bit or take your license away. So if you do 10-15 over a bunch of times, you would keep your license usually.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Not an American but as far as I know that isn’t something that US law would deal with. State or local laws would apply, and they would vary from one locale to the next.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah and it’s in the center of three lanes. I can easily see someone forgetting they need to turn and then cutting over, but getting stuck in traffic and then the bus gets stuck behind it. Maybe should have put the bus lane next to the double yellow? (And then added one on the other side as well?)

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

In San Francisco, we have a couple lanes like this for buses and taxis. We call them the red carpet. They helped improve bus efficiency and bus times. Our buses also have cameras that send tickets to cars using the lane.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

Me waiting any moment to see Trump declaring Public transports "Anti-American".

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

If we could get something like this in Albany, NY next it would make me so happy.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't post images of headlines

[–] frischkaesbagett@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

It's blocked outside the US. Was happy for the screenshot - then I knew its worth turning on VPN

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Is Only Bus like Only Fans?

edit: Corrected a word.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah, YY65VXK. I love dirty talk.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If there's regular buses running through there, I would be in favor of it. Just make sure it's not a single bus getting delayed all the time.

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[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

But there's a catch - those buses are self-driving Tesla's workshopping roadrage simulation.

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