Probably took out all the streetlights so there wouldn’t be any lampposts.
The concept of public servant has been flipped on its head to where the government no longer serves the public. The public now serves the government.
Bump for later.
They did the exact same thing in my small town in north AL. It made a bad traffic situation much worse.
The money should have been spent four-laning a by-pass around town that was built over 30 years ago. The first question out of my mouth driving on that by-pass was, “What idiot made made this a two-lane highway?” I will take ten times as much to make it a four-lane now.
All the foresight of a lobster. . . .
We have this same nonsense here. To make our roads more “bike friendly,” they are taking lanes out and turning them into protected bike lanes. The resulting congestion is a monstrosity, and these lanes are only used by a handful of bicyclists, many of whom are also our “homeless” populations (who in addition to bikes wheel their shopping carts down the bike lanes).
I get impacted by two of these going to and from work every day. I know exactly how much this affects me, despite various traffic studies by the city claiming there will be no adverse effects. My car keeps track of my miles per gallon. Before the bike lanes my mileage was consistently 28.6 mpg. Now it’s down to 24.4 mpg. That’s an almost 15% loss of efficiency and increased gasoline consumption for ONE car. Now multiply that by thousands of cars that are similarly affected and the fumes they belch as they crawl along, and you will quickly see that this supposed improvement to our environment by putting in bike lanes is totally bogus.
Add on to this a huge increase in road rage and unsafe driving as cars try to maneuver in clogged, too-narrow lanes. It’s actually scary a bunch of the time. Recently we were caught in a clog, and a car behind us frustrated by this decided to pull out and go the wrong way down the other side of the street and then pull a left turn across the red light to another street. It managed to sideswipe us in the process and we had to then get our car repaired at the cost of couple thousand dollars of body work.
In my area this is one of my top pet peeves. The stupid drivers are not rising in rage against the politicians but they are mad just the same. Complain to each other and then vote over 80% Dem each time here.
Apologist in local newspaper said:”Yes the roads are near gridlock for 2 to 2.5 hours each rush hour direction twice a day. But instead of blaming the traffic blame yourself. Think “I am to blame for sitting in a car instead of taking a bike or the bus. It’s my own fault.”——What a barf fest.
Although I have anger issues and I am a misanthrope for just such reasons, I love my wife, President Trump and his supporters including on Free Republic. My lifeline to this cruel world’s people.
As the bestselling weird New Age writer Esther Hicks said: People are against you for having anger because it is inconvenient and uncomfortable for their selfish purposes. So true.
In my town it got so bad, that they wanted to actually make a road that was one lane at a point.
Not one lane in either direction, but actually only one lane where traffic driving in either direction would be expected to move out of each other’s way when they approached each other, so they could fit in bike lanes on either side of the street.
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/05/2_travel_lanes_for_bikes_1_for.html
So glad to be out of Northern Virginia traffic. Hope you all enjoy what is coming your way with the new Virginia Assembly.
same in areas I drive in. two lane(each way) congested streets HAD to add bike lane so it’s now one lane each way and they added huge isands in centers with lots of plants needing water and upkeep. waste of money, to make the change and forplant up keep and snarels traffic even the more. progess & tax payer $ at work.
Bike lanes are BS wherever they appear. Want to see a clear pathway look for a bike lane. Rarely used and always noxious.
Wambulances can take stroke victims to the hospital via the bike lane.
Then send a wambulance back for the bikers that didn’t obey the lights and siren.
The citizens should rethink the city council. As in recall.
Hmmm, we’ve had similar things going on here in So Cal. They take out a lane to make it ‘friendlier,’ add a bike lane and/ or make the sidewalk stick out into the second lane and plant a tree there.
I am sure there is money for it to the communities. I thot it was just the Commies here in California, but maybe others are copying our illustrious leaders.
it is of course infuriating! They want to get rid of cars. And they want everybody living close in in cities. I am going to Four Corners asap.