ManiacalShen
ManiacalShen t1_j8p6zql wrote
Reply to comment by presque-veux in Federal Government’s Return To Office Delayed By Union Disputes by Super_lobbyist
>has the mayor's office released a safety plan for the metro?
Remote workers really have been living in a different world for the last three years, wow.
ManiacalShen t1_j8p6ks7 wrote
Reply to comment by Nuntiak in Federal Government’s Return To Office Delayed By Union Disputes by Super_lobbyist
>It means more time for sleeping, or to spend time with family, or for fitness, or hobbies. It means saving money on lunches (or time spent packing one, and healthier lunch too).
On that note, it would be nice if those of us who do have to work in person were allowed to work fewer hours. Not only do we still have to commute every day, but a bunch of lunch spots have gone out of business, and envy for WFH friends is through the roof.
ManiacalShen t1_j1vqky0 wrote
Reply to comment by Kristalderp in Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos by novotlr
>But this storm rapidly changed from "wow it's heckin windy" to "I can't see 1ft from my face, it dropped from 38f to sub-zero in under 4 hours, the snow wont stop AND it's STILL WINDY--THERE GOES MY ROOF SHINGLES" all within friday.
That sounds like The Children's Blizzard, which killed over 200 people in 1888. Mostly kids walking home from school, but also some people whose shelters couldn't withstand the winds and who ran out of things to burn, if they could start a fire at all. There's a good book about it, but the point is it got so bad, so fast, people got lost five yards outside their own front doors.
I don't think anyone is really ready for a storm like that. I wouldn't be.
ManiacalShen t1_jb4twso wrote
Reply to comment by omegacluster in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico
When people jump right in with a powerful and fast machine before ever learning normal trail etiquette, that's what we get. It is frustrating, because there's nothing stopping someone on a Class 3 e-bike from keeping to safe and polite speeds on shared paths. I've done it.
As long as roads are as terrible as they are, I have a hard time deciding who shouldn't be allowed on paths, though. It might just have to be a societal growing pain with a lot of public education, or we can at least disallow bikes that have those vestigial pedals and way-too-high top speeds.