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Miser t1_j21iulc wrote

Bike lanes do not cause congestion. They relieve congestion.

Literally the only way to reduce traffic is to provide alternatives to driving to get people out of cars in NYC the main way we do this is the subway, but micromobility is a form of the same idea. Every person you see on a bike or scooter is a person using transportation that is much more space efficient than a car. There are a million regular riders here. Can you imagine if even a small amount switched to cars?

Edit: who is downvoting this? This is exactly how traffic works. Why do you think people say "you're not in traffic, you are traffic." It's because cars are traffic. Reduce cars, reduce traffic. It's pretty basic

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aviciiavbdeadpunk t1_j21u4ex wrote

No the solution for the traffic to diversify the areas in where people need to meet up to work or all the tourist showing up. everything going to one part of town is a terrible. OR THE REAL ANSWER lower the population by 1-2 million Even if we all biked we gonna still need to find a bike warehouse to store all the bikes and we will be right back to square one. Not every business needs to be in lower Manhattan. We need positive train control since 2010 we need a subway going from the Bronx to queens to Brooklyn bypassing Manhattan, we need a subway from Staten island to Manhattan or Brooklyn 30 years ago using eminent domain.

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LiftyJoestar t1_j220gge wrote

How does taking away a space relieve congestion? Just saying it does, doesn't make you correct.

Bikes don't actually damage the environment less, they actually damage the environment more. Now does that make it true?

I know critical thinking isn't your strong suit, but please try harder.

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Miser t1_j221hus wrote

>How does taking away a space relieve congestion?

I think I know what you're asking here but can you at least try to form sentences that make sense. If your question is "how does repurposing road space away from cars reduce traffic?" Then that's at least a good question if you're unfamiliar with how traffic is generated in the first place. Here is a fairly good explanation that will cover more than I'm going to type out here

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