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Roads scholar. All views are from the windshield #WindshieldWisdom

In traffic
Joined February 2015
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Can someone please explain?
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2015: If you remove a parking space, how will customers get to my restaurants? 2020:
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@jedweeks There are easier solutions btw
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Did you know that in the coldest month of the year, each Citibike is used 1.8 times a day on average, while parked cars (each taking up the space of 6 Citibikes) are moved only twice a week to avoid getting tickets for alternate side parking?
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Did you know that even on the busiest of days for ridership for Citibike, bikes like these sit unused for 96% of the day on average.
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This is so dangerous! Streets like that should have only SUVs driven by non-professional driver.
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Wow. Where did they all park?
@galeabrewer
Gale A. Brewer
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NYCs massive #ClimateStrike march has begun, from Foley Sq down Centre St to Chambers St across to Broadway... and down to the Battery! Thank you @ClimateCrisis and everyone else marching!
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I'm against congestion pricing because what if I need to take my elderly mother to a medical appointment in Manhattan?
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I always drive because there are crazies on the Subway!
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@SussexSRP
Sussex Safer Roads Partnership
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🏍️ #TwoWheelOp 🏍️ Research suggests that hi-vis may help drivers spot cyclists more readily! Cycle helmets can significantly reduce the risk of direct-impact injury to the head, brain and upper face, by as much as 88% in some cases ( @RoSPA ). #SSRP | #SaferRoads | #PedalPower
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Why are they cracking down on law-abiding criminals? So unfair!
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For someone with a wheelchair who needs to get to work 5 days a week when most of the Subway stations have no elevators, the Uber fee would be $55 each way, plus tip, or $27,000 annually. That's totally a drop in the bucket to working people with mobility issues.
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All we have to do is spend billions more of taxpayer money to build bigger guardrails, no?
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"Bike lanes will slow us down" -Unofficial statement from LA firefighters.
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@RobbieNicol @saint @elonmusk Yeah but did they have LED disco lights? Mmmm hmmm. Didn't think so!
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Your seasonal remind that we can't have bike lanes because nobody bikes in the winter.
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This used to be a McDonald's drive thru. NYC is dying 😞
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1891: William Morrison invents electric car 2003: Elon Musk invents same Wow Elon's a genius! 1863: London Underground opens 2018: Elon Musk car tunnel Wow Elon's a genius! 1909: 50-story Met Life building opens 2020: Elon Musk envisions 50-story buildings Wow Elon's a genius!
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This won't happen in the Tesla tunnels.
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Why do all these bicycles drive in the middle of the lane and not move all the way to the side to be considerate to cars?
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2014: There just aren't enough bikes to justify one bike lane. 2024: There just aren't enough cars to justify five car lanes.
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Nearly 3,000 Americans were killed on 9/11 by terrorists, and another 3,000 every month since then but it was not terrorism β€” just everyday life with cars.
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We need to pressure our elected officials to do something about e-bikes!
@CurbJumpingNYC
Curb Jumping NYC
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SUV driver jumps curb, crashes into building at Albany Ave & Glenwood Rd, Brooklyn.
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Remember that time a woman distractedly walked into a family of 4, killed two of them and sent the other two to the hospital with injuries?
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Best way to install bike lanes is to sandwich them between the parked cars and the moving cars. Then wait to see if more people start biking before installing any additional bike lanes. Smart!
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It's called a chicane. Prevents speeding by pedestrians.
@BrianBicycles
Brian Coyne
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Why tho?
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"tree stump caused thousands of pounds of damage to vehicles" Wait, who hit whom?
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Anyone notice the white line a couple of feet behind the car? What's the purpose of it?
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Curtis Sliwa, the GOP candidate for NYC mayor who said he would shut down bike lanes because there's "a war on vehicles" was hit by a car. Car-maπŸ˜‘
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Still think the war on cars isn't real?
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NYC is dead. Everyone moved away because of the high crime, high taxes, and too much traffic and congestion pricing.
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If we rush to ban cars in cities instead of waiting till after the climate catastrophes are well underway, we run the risk of breathing cleaner air for nothing.
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A bicycle red light violation carries a greater penalty than operating a motor vehicle without a license or while using a cellphone. Makes sense, no?
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We can't have bike lanes because "not everyone can ride a bike"
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@MatthewW_eacc @foxyjewishmama Yeah, the country must've been much smaller 100 years ago.
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Congestion pricing is not yet in effect, but it's not too early to blame anything that happens on it!
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Don't forget to wear a helmet on the way to the pharmacy
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@charlesadler
Charles Adler
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Odds of dying of #AstraZenecaVaccine shot "so low that you're more likely to get hit by a car and die on the way to the pharmacy than you are to die of the shot." @JenGerson
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Damn Netherlands. Even their art is a transportation safety feature.
@bbgoriginals
Bloomberg Originals
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LOOK: The driver of a metro train escaped injury when the front carriage rammed through the end of an elevated section of rails and was caught by a sculpture of a whale's tail near the Dutch city of Rotterdam. There were no passengers onboard
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I don't feel safe on public transportation
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Free unlimited congestion!
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Please look away and go back to talking about e-bikes!
@CarolDAuria
Carol D'Auria
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Cops says speed was a factor in Bronx crash. The driver + passenger in a BMW were headed north on Jerome Av when they clipped the front of a Nissan Rogue on E. Fordham Rd. The BMW then hit in a pillar of the over head train tracks. 2 dead and 3 injured #1010wins
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@Rolando_tillit @eRileyCasey @AmericanFietser Yep, assembling a car is a real sign of fitness. They have power tools so the workers don't need to use their manly strength. Now they even have robot assembly, which is even more "manly".
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I'm only parked here for a minute
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Wow! @NYC_DOT managed to turn a previously protected bike lane into an unprotected bike lane without any community board meetings. Great work!
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The @NYC_DOT use of plastic flex posts has been very effective. A smashing success.
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We need to have licencing requirements for bicycles because safety!
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When I had my second child I bought a bigger SUV to protect my kids from Jeremiah's Yukon so his 3 kids have no chance against my truck.
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@JerimiahLee
Jerimiah Lee Lancaster
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When we had our third child I bought a Yukon. It’s very safe and built like a tank. We always had sedans and crossovers which have no chance against large trucks. The lives of my children are too important to risk to another driver.
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The #1 cause of traumatic brain injury is motor vehicle crashes, but requiring helmets could discourage driving.
@MGreenwoodWW
Margaret Greenwood
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Increase in number of children with head injuries because more are cycling. Vital cyclists wear helmets.
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I just saved $15! Thanks @GovKathyHochul for another 90 years of free unlimited congestion!
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Find someone who looks at your car the way this little girl looks at regional rail
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In cities across America, scooters are being strewn across sidewalks and hanging from tree branches. Scooter companies are doing nothing to rein in bad behavior by their customers. We need to ban all scooters immediately until we can figure this out!
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Living in a walkable city means your shoes wear down more quickly and you have to buy new shoes more often, and how's THAT good for the environment??
@cayimby
California YIMBY
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Hey Housing Twitter! What’s the weirdest thing you’ve heard someone proclaim during a public meeting about housing, bike lanes, rezoning, etc. ?
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@CincinnatiNews_ @Boenau What should they plant in the three empty car paths?
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Yeah, but accidents are not intentional so the victims are less dead.
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Congestion pricing is a bad idea because some people need to drive into Manhattan for medical procedures.
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Pedestrians should not be sipping coffee while walking. That's something only drivers can do!
@ZeroFatalities
Zero Fatalities
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Distracted walking is just as dangerous as distracted driving. Enjoy the weather safely and look before you cross.
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What color swimwear were they wearing? Bright and reflective, or dark and invisible to someone looking through a windshield?
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There are too many bikes. I'm worried that this will become a thing.
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It's terrible. This space used to be filled with cars before they took it away. Hey everybody! It's cold outside. Better go inside or you're gonna catch a cold!
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Raising the next generation of motorists
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No new cΜΆaΜΆrΜΆ bike lanes until we crack down on all reckless bikers!
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NYC must NOT move forward with congestion pricing until they ask each of these drivers for their opinions on congestion pricing!
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Selling new t-shirts soon.
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Biked around Manhattan without a helmet all his life until he died at 87 of natural causes. Proof that wearing a camera saves lives. #BillCunningham
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Imagine what would happen if SEVEN DAYS after the marathon, traffic lanes used were still closed to cars. 🀯
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Bicycles are death machines! Also: Bicycles are for children.
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I love waiting at red lights. I always race to the red light as fast as I can so I can wait there a little longer.
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How many more pedestrians have to die before walking is outlawed on public streets!?!?!
@BirdOPrey5
Joe D.
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@jennamdeangelis How many more people have to die or be horribly injured before cycling is outlawed on public streets!?!?! Where is @NYCMayor 's leadership on this? #GetBikesOffStreets !
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There were 105,000 hit and run crashes in Florida last year. Unclear if any one of them was solved by asking Google for GPS data of drivers who were in the area.
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When a car decides to do something its occupants are simply hostages. β€Ύ\_(ツ)_/β€Ύ
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Crèche not accident!
@bergopolis
Amy Berg
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Spice up a nativity scene at 88 mph.
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@DanSull36510584 Did you make up your tweet before, or after looking at the data?
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But will the bike lane be used for four seasons?
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The reason it's so important for police to crack down on kids doing wheelies is because safety! What if they flip over? @OverturnedNYC
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This could have totally been prevented by having a police officer stand at the intersection giving tickets to bicycles taking the red light.
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If this was cars, the government would step in with a few billion to help the industry. But it's just bikes, so who cares.
@Gothamist
Gothamist
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Local NYC Bike Shops Are Out of Stock As Bikes And Parts Run Dry
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@LeeroyPress Was it someone in a wheelchair who was upset about personal cars being parked on the sidewalk?
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If you put a bike lane in there, how will ambulances and fire trucks get through?
@BrentToderian
Brent Toderian
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Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." #Amsterdam in the 1970's HT @fietsprofessor
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I've come up with a brilliant alternative plan to congestion pricing: We could have a system where buses wait at green lights behind 2 or 3 single-occupancy SUV's.
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So many unused cars in Midtown Manhattan. What's going on?
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EXCITING NEWS! The grand opening of the @Wegmans Parking Lot in Downtown Brooklyn is coming this month. The parking cΜΆrΜΆaΜΆtΜΆeΜΆrΜΆ lot will feature a supermarket, so you can shop while you park, and ONE bicycle rack. Can't wait!
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Traffic enforcement cameras are extremely unfair because how would the camera know that you have a cousin or a friend who's a police officer and therefore not subject to traffic laws?
@bradlander
Brad Lander
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We're at City Hall ahead of the vote on reckless driving to hear from families who have lost loved ones to traffic violence, w/ @NYC_SafeStreets
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If you're new to NYC here's how street cleaning regulations work:
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@CincinnatiNews_ @Boenau But isn't parking just a row of "empty" cars?
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@RezaC1 It's terrible! We can't improve that section of road for cars because it's being used for something other than cars! ☹️
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@Boenau Rainy weather: Can't see because rain. Sunny weather: Can't see because sun is blinding.
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Wow! you can now bike outside. Thanks, @soulcycle !
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Your DOT applying painted lines to prevent traffic deaths.
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Amsterdam wants to eliminate 11,200 (!!!) parking spaces from city streets by 2025. In a city where already everyone bikes. Scary how there's absolutely no limit on how clean these politicians want the air to be!
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Of course. It's just at eye level of my 9 year old!
@RamTrucks
Ram Trucks
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Can you see our mustache? Good, cause we’re flaunting it all day long. #MustacheMonday #MondayMood
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Zero miles of protected bike lanes in Bed-Stuy. Nonwhite cyclists are advised to protect themselves by wearing a helmet and a Microsoft Surface Pro. @NYC_DOT
@TheTimHunter
Tim Hunter
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Just got hit by a car while biking through Bed-Stuy today… RIP to my surface pro that probably saved my ribs.
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Drivers: you may buy cars in whatever color you prefer. It's a free country!
@mercnews
Mercury News
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A plea to pedestrians to avoid wearing black clothes: Roadshow
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Hi, Remember when you signed a petition to open your block to traffic and permanently make it a traffic sewer 24/7 365 days a year? No? Oh. Must've been before you were born. Anyway, if you wanna close it to traffic for a few hrs to let the kids play, just collect...
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How it started... How it's going
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Attention NY drivers: don't forget to renew your expired temporary NJ plates.
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If I see one more video of crime in the Subway, I'm gonna pack my bags and move to Florida where I can drive in freedom!
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