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omenmis@beehaw.orgto City Life@beehaw.org•From an urban planning perspective, what's the worst designed aspect of your city?English4·2 years agoi live in a majority sfh zoned streetcar suburb, however the area is majority walkable and not too awful for biking as a confident adult because of the grid roads for the walkable portion.
however, we are surrounded on all sides outside of this pocket of grid streets by poorly zoned sfh dominated by no sidewalk cul de sacs and 4 lane stroads with painted door zone bike lanes. the most notable areas are anywhere particularly north (rich people so literally no sidewalk) and near freeway interchanges. our south freeway interchange is the worst of them because its very stroady and has an auto dealership next to it. the others dont even try to pretend theyre not highway interchanges.
my picture has been nuked, beehaw has 1486’d my stuffed animals
omenmis@beehaw.orgOPto City Life@beehaw.org•Is this the year California OKs speed cameras?English1·2 years agothe reason we arent discussing it is from the article itself.
The latest version of the bill aims to address those concerns by requiring cities to destroy all photographic evidence “that does not contain evidence of a speeding violation … within five business days.”
if companies/cities choose to violate this law, then we have easy recourse.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto U.S. News@beehaw.org•The Case That Could Be Fox’s Next DominionEnglish3·2 years agodamn the right about to make two new parties frfr, are we sure they arent the left?
not pictured is the FFT of this diagram, where the engineers reside
omenmis@beehaw.orgOPto City Life@beehaw.org•Is this the year California OKs speed cameras?English5·2 years agoi have good news because its not set at the speed limit but 11 over, so you only get the ticket for recklessly speeding. maybe the speed limits get lowered so people arent driving 55 next to sidewalks. is that really such a big deal?
omenmis@beehaw.orgOPto City Life@beehaw.org•Is this the year California OKs speed cameras?English3·2 years agowhy not? CA has struggled with record levels of traffic injury and death in recent years.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto Reddit Migration@kbin.social•Will I be banned? Looking to migrate from Reddit, but only if free speech is paramount.4·2 years agoyou can spout incorrect shit, but you’ll probably be banned. Freedom of speech and freedom of association go hand in hand, and admins here will deplatform you much the same way a KKK member at a comedy club will be shown the door.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto City Life@beehaw.org•Erie Was a “Walkable City Once, Before the Federal Bulldozer Came to Town”English1·2 years agothis story is really sad because its happening in the modern day when we know generally that this kind of development will not fix traffic. DOTs seem to me like they’re more like a department of cars…
omenmis@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•"Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tipsEnglish5·2 years agoI worked at a place that did this. We only saw the tips in the jar go to our pocket, we never saw the online or digital tips.
It takes 2 pause cycles, that’s essentially O(1) compared to a cache miss.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries10·2 years agotbh SD cards are out and mostly for power users, make them compatible with M2 drives :))
omenmis@beehaw.orgto Gaming@beehaw.org•Steam Desktop Update Is Now Live with Some Major Changes to the Game Distribution PlatformEnglish2·2 years agoI still miss steam skins, but these changes look a lot better than before.
Yeah, that’s a sticky situation. Low costs driven by lower cost of land acquisition. I will say if you didn’t have the car you could probably afford the more expensive markets, but obviously going car free isn’t for most people…
That said, its a lot easier to do grocery shopping walking or biking when you just do it for the next few days max. Though if the closest store is a 30 min walk its pretty inconvenient.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto City Life@beehaw.org•America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for FascismEnglish3·2 years agoAlso somewhat in agreement re: this article, it’s kinda hot dogwater and is too shallow to do any meaningful analysis. However, I think there is value in breaking down how suburbs came to be, since as far as I know they are indeed rooted in racism. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuRpYaPLuA](City Beautiful has a video about fixing suburbs where he talks about this exact issue.)
Really depends on what you want and or need. Good general things to look for are riding position (biggest indicator is drop bars vs flats vs cruiser bars), mounting points for racks and fenders, and reliability. Try to avoid buying from department stores as the bikes are often mass produced and of very low quality.
I would go to a bike shop and ask to test ride some cheap hybrids or cruisers.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnesEnglish1·2 years agoI had the same experience, biking made me appreciate travel over distances I can’t bike. It really is very eye opening.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnesEnglish1·2 years agoWe have that in LA too, just gotta signal it and hope your bike doesn’t get jacked.
omenmis@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnesEnglish3·2 years agoAre you in SM by any chance?
we can see your comment and comment back because lemmy.ml federates with beehaw.
i love nimbys. block anything that improves qol because property values. recently nimbys tried to fight an in progress light rail extension due to crime concerns and now their entire city probably wont get a rail connection until they give up.