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Old 04-04-2022, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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Drivers probably won't like it.

https://www.amny.com/transit/council...s-plan-budget/

The New York City Council wants to beef up the city’s Streets Plan by $3.1 billion to build out more space for buses, bikes, and pedestrians.
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Old 04-04-2022, 08:53 AM
 
Location: New York, NY
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Where is the money for milling and paving?!? Streets look like a war zone.
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Old 04-04-2022, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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That is the billion dollar question but! With the sidewalks crowded with people on bikes, motorized bikes and those zip-zip things (I don't know what you call them), it's been dangerous for pedestrians and everyone concerned.
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Old 04-04-2022, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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More money pissed down the toilet. No wonder why this country is in so much debt.

The city need to stop wasting millions of dollars on inane bike lanes and invest more into pedestrian space, particularly for Manhattan and the gentrified Brooklyn neighborhoods. How often do you see people walking into the side of the streets due to the sidewalks being too crowded.
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Old 04-04-2022, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Staten Island
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Meanwhile back in the real NYC more middle-class New Yorkers than ever are buying cars.


Read this CrainsNY article 'NYC is becoming a car city' (pdf) - http://u.pc.cd/Kw7otalK
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Old 04-04-2022, 05:58 PM
 
Location: New Jersey!!!!
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Where is the money for milling and paving?!? Streets look like a war zone.
Ha I was dying to post something to this effect.

They ripped up the streets all around my ex’s house over a week ago now. Of course nothing has been done since. The multiple-month process from grinding to final painting in NYC was one of the reasons I was excited to move. The major street by my house was ripped up, paved and painted over a weekend last spring. It was such a breath of fresh air for this former NY’er to see that!
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Old 04-04-2022, 06:42 PM
 
Location: New York, NY
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Ha I was dying to post something to this effect.

They ripped up the streets all around my ex’s house over a week ago now. Of course nothing has been done since. The multiple-month process from grinding to final painting in NYC was one of the reasons I was excited to move. The major street by my house was ripped up, paved and painted over a weekend last spring. It was such a breath of fresh air for this former NY’er to see that!
Really ridiculous. Seems like someone is in this administration's pocket to add tons of protected bike lanes at the expense of getting basic milling and paving.
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Old 04-04-2022, 08:11 PM
 
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At what point do the masses see all these useless projects for the money stealing opportunity that they are? They aren't fixing, widening or improving the road besides putting some poles and paint on the street for these bike zones. Why do they even need $1 billion much less $3billion for such a project?
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Old 04-15-2022, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Katowice
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Instead of comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZlED5pmlAQ
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Old 04-17-2022, 03:04 AM
 
Location: NY
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It is sad to see that our children and grandchildren will get stuck flicking the bill
for the wasteful spending perpetuated by the 2020 Democratic Party
and it's commander and thief.
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