Build parking for car > car ownership went up > town become easily congested because of increased car ownership > politician bitch about non-private car infrastructure taking away from honest car driver > widening the lane > business gone down > road is congested few years later on anyway > speed is increased to make flow better > pedestrian dying left and right > town revenue decline because businesses left or shut > next generation of politician came in and fight for better town > town got a bit better > today.
What, you thought i’m narrating the future of this town?
The city I just left is almost through that entire arc. How did you guess the history of a city you’ve probably never looked at!?!
The latest wave of city council leadership is actively trying to build out more public transit and it’s amazing just how horrible people can be when you ask them to make a tiny percentage of the roads (often 3+ lanes wide in the city core) have a bike lane or even a few blocks of bus priority lane so the busses can arrive on time during rush hour.
At the same time it’s in the top 5 most dangerous cities for pedestrians in our state, but the mutilation of fellow city dwellers is okay as long as people can drive fast through downtown to get to the big box store 20+ miles away. Strangely, the City Council’s old members keep yelling about how the city downtown is dying because we added a few bike lanes and therefore people don’t want to be there since it’s harder to drive (but only during major rush hours).
Build parking for car > car ownership went up > town become easily congested because of increased car ownership > politician bitch about non-private car infrastructure taking away from honest car driver > widening the lane > business gone down > road is congested few years later on anyway > speed is increased to make flow better > pedestrian dying left and right > town revenue decline because businesses left or shut > next generation of politician came in and fight for better town > town got a bit better > today.
What, you thought i’m narrating the future of this town?
The city I just left is almost through that entire arc. How did you guess the history of a city you’ve probably never looked at!?!
The latest wave of city council leadership is actively trying to build out more public transit and it’s amazing just how horrible people can be when you ask them to make a tiny percentage of the roads (often 3+ lanes wide in the city core) have a bike lane or even a few blocks of bus priority lane so the busses can arrive on time during rush hour.
At the same time it’s in the top 5 most dangerous cities for pedestrians in our state, but the mutilation of fellow city dwellers is okay as long as people can drive fast through downtown to get to the big box store 20+ miles away. Strangely, the City Council’s old members keep yelling about how the city downtown is dying because we added a few bike lanes and therefore people don’t want to be there since it’s harder to drive (but only during major rush hours).