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City of Vista, near San Diego is removing protected bike lanes after community pushback (www.cyclingeu.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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tl;dr...city spent $1.5 million to install, halted construction, is removing most of what's been installed, costing $500k to remove.
Even cyclists didn't like them, apparently...

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 16 points 2 weeks ago

bike lanes are often viewed by these folks as “liberal bullshit”, and blame them for displacing car lanes and parking.

I don't understand how "traveling using your muscles" became less "manly" than "sitting on your ass".

Someone who rides up a big hill on a bike? Fit. Impressive. Admirable.

Someone who drives a car? Boring. Passé. Dull.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t understand how “traveling using your muscles” became less “manly” than “sitting on your ass”.

Same reason sitting on one's fat ass watching football is more manly than running a 10k.

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Things cannot be manly if they don't cause any pollution. If you're traveling without owning the libs with your diesel truck rolling coal, what is even the point of traveling?

[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's considered manly because of the power dynamic of ypu having control over something that could easily kill you

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago

I see how people might think that.

Personally I think power is... Let me quote from classic web comic the order of the stick:

Power, it isn't something that you put on or take off like a jacket. It's something you just ARE.

If you can lose it by blowing two Will saves, you never really had any power in the first place, see what I'm saying?

Thinking you're powerful because you have a big car is foolish

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