You jest, but MUTCD (the bible of roadway engineering in US) recommends horrific setups. I had to stop reading it after skimming and reaching the part where it instructs you to paint bike paths *between* car lanes, paths that go *through* the *merging* area for *downhill* *off-ramp* *highway* cars!

Some such paths (e.g., Hawthorne, FL) post explicitly that people on foot or bike should stop & crossing car traffic has right of way. This is in places w/o blind curves & w/ only one car lane in each direction. In places with *six* lanes of car traffic, a sign *asks* drivers to stop. Beyond parody!

I had wondered if someone who made her reputation on resistance to so-called forever wars would have tried to put the kibosh on this.

Her stances and good old-fashioned misogyny from Trump and Hegseth make this sound plausible, that Trump and company just kept her out of the loop.

Cheese at the top of the recommendations list is unjustified, silly, and dangerous—period. You may as well have the CDC give advice on exorcisms to combat the outbreak of possessions or have NASA give astrology horoscopes or have the EPA fine companies for emitting bad chakras. That is where we are.

Next, Congress can order ranchers to close their barn doors after the horses have fled.

> We also have to consider how [*X*] changes travel behavior.

Bingo.

Whether it is how path closures invoke Braess’s Paradox or how highway lane expansions and free parking increase driving, you would hope that this component now has enough proof (and notoriety) to warrant universal consideration.

Well, if Hochul wants to bask in the glory of this, then whatever. At least it is happening.

After massive national losses in 2024, will we ever get an apology from Jeffries and Schumer for pressuing her and delaying this by 6 mos.? www.politico.com/news/2024/06... thewaroncars.org/episode-127-...

Schumer’s whole shtick has been: “I’m not angry; I’m just disappointed.” He is most upset that the gang lied to him in their personal meetings. “The only thing worse than an oil thief is a liar, and I just can’t trust you after you looked me in the eyes and said that you wouldn’t do regime change.”

Seriously, luck you if you have not encountered that. Whenever I find out another North American is Buddhist, it turns out almost all the time to be someone who collects statuettes of idols as if they were Pokémon cards. Note: This is not everyone and does not apply to Buddhists on other continents.

Trinket/tchotchke versions of Eastern philosophy are *huge*. Superficial spiritualness? Tie-dye tapestries of single hanzi? “Free Tibet” bumper stickers & $1000 cell phones with signs of “All Are Welcome” & “Vote ‘No’ on More Housing”? Never encountered these types of people?

I thought you were commenting, sarcastically, on the photo subject espousing ideals of peace and self-reflection—in ironic contrast w/ his behavior. I know it’s a parody article, but I have seen people like this. If you haven’t seen it, you’re lucky.

Going by stereotypes, of course, these people support leftish ideals in general. Progressive politics can be far better for many urbanist goals etc., but car-brain (& misogyny) can be rife on the left, especially when “good” voters believe themselves to be righteous—and deserving of the indulgences.

One incident stands out to me: Guy wanted to drive where I stood while taking photos of an old building in a small town. Street was *15 m* & *empty*. In such a rush, he just *had* to park right there & spent 3 min yelling at me to tell me so.

That need to go fast and yet waste time . . . so common.

“I’ll huff, and I’ll puff . . . and I’ll have shockingly little effect on the burning of the straw in your house.”

Big Bad Wolf, eat your heart out.

I go in and out of it. As far as global 24/7 services go, the BBC is hard to beat, but the Iraq reporting in the 2000s was awful, as was the Syria reporting in the 2010s. (Likewise, Al Jazeera is unreliable on Qatar.) BBC is state propaganda for the UK (obviously) … and increasingly the US too. Sad.

I am torn between disgust … and a sad realization that popular, overt scofflaw-ing is a symptom. Many see their right to store private property on public land the same way that so many saw marijuana smoking b4 decriminalization. Law enforcement won’t work when it’s so out of step with the masses. :/