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Kwerl@lemmy.zip
Shared in Fuck Cars@lemmy.world a day ago

It's genuinely fascinating how San Francisco “progresssives” have somehow aligned themselves with the car industry in their opposition to funding mass transit

Her plan: “Don’t punish poor people with taxes to fund transit. Punish poor people by dismantling transit waiting for the perfect funding scheme”

This is literally the exact same playbook billionaires used to kill a transit tax referendum in Nashville:

www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/…/543421002/

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Kwerl@lemmy.zip
Shared in Fuck Cars@lemmy.world 2 days ago

Most road widenings happened with 0 public input. Now, when we want those lanes converted back to sidewalks, it requires 15 public meetings

Most road widenings happened with 0 public input.

Trucks just showed up in the middle of the night and bulldozed sidewalks to add a few traffic lanes because traffic engineers said so.

Now, when we want those lanes converted back to sidewalks or bike lanes, it requires:

  • 15 public meetings
  • an army of lawyers,
  • coordination between 5 different city agencies
  • special one-on-one meetings with local stakeholders
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