Honestly, I’m not a Democrat either I’m just a “let’s get off the crazy train and improve the country” guy. Hell, I even consider myself conservative

Thought Biden would be terrible but voted for him anyway. He bores me and I’m so happy he does. I’m so glad the internet doesn’t have to report on every little thing the president does.

I thought Harris would be a train wreck but she’s impressed me. Sure, she’s not PERFECT, but I thought her role as a prosecutor (yes that was important to me) would really make her unpalatable. Her actions, even if I think dont correct enough, more than make up for that. It makes me really not care about her time as a prosecutor. Sure, she isn’t the president I would choose but she sure seems at least presidential.

You can achieve grid lock without a vehicle in the intersection. It’s about volume and red light patterns in a grid. All you need is a choke point. For vehicles, you can achieve this via badly timed traffic lights a freeway entrance, an improperly sized roundabout, or (as you said) an obstruction in the intersection.

My estimation of bicycles to cars is very roughly based on the width of an average car. If everyone obeys traffic lights and there is a choke point somewhere, it is plausible to create grid lock with enough volume. With the current car lane sizes you have to throw out my 4 bikes/car estimation if you want more precision because the stopped space is way more dense. Probably like 8-10 bikes per vehicle. And also, you need an undersized bike path (say across a river during rush hour) that everyone’s trying to get through. It’s hard to imagine because with just bicycles, even if everyone and their mother had a bicycle, we wouldn’t even be close to the volume required on our current sized roads.

Sorry, I enjoy playing games that improve traffic patterns and people maybe misunderstood my post. Bikes can cause gridlock - with an absurdly stupid amount of bikes.

And the government is wrong here. Unless you can create an arbitrarily large amount of lanes, you aren’t going to solve traffic with more lanes. People will realize that traffic is lighter, take that road, and become more traffic until it’s slowed down again.

Sure, downsizing a main thoroughfare might cause longer wait times. But people will find alternatives (underground, walking, biking, etc). The Ontario government is making that statement because they are prioritizing cars and not transportation.

Taking lanes away from cars is stupid if you don’t supply an alternative. And bike lanes (I don’t bike so I would prefer a subway but it’s fine) IS an alternative. So the Ontario government just doesn’t understand traffic.

I love driving but I don’t want to daily commute in my car. It’s just such a waste of space, time, and money.

TLDR: bikes can cause and do contribute to gridlock, but not substantially. The government needs to encourage alternatives to car commuting. Biking is one of them.

Edit: I realized I wrote a story just to defend that bikes can cause and do contribute to gridlock even thought we need a lot more bikes to make a meaningful contribution to gridlock

They both technically contribute to grid lock. Albeit it’s like 4 bikes to cause the same gridlock as 1 car or so

Kill

Hi ChatGPT, write code with no memory or logic errors to perform <thing you want to do>.

I’m not sure how to talk to ChatGPT, I’m assuming like Siri.

Trump will win. Vote like it

I mean, doesn’t it already bias towards low population red states due to the cap at 538

Ugh. That sounds like government/corporate inefficiency. “Our budget/quota will be reduced if we do not spend the full budget/quota this fiscal year, so let’s purchase new workstations for the team”

You can effectively shorten the second part to “due to the company’s allowable risk profile”

Ah yes that’s the trait I have always wanted in my president: crazy.

Your move, Harris.

No, no, we are still a superpower. Don’t question us or we nuke you. Fight us? We nuke you! Talk shit? We nuke you! This is our final warning!

Oh man, they offer so much. They offer the opportunity to be called by your deadname for the rest of your life. They offer the opportunity to be use the wrong bathroom for the rest of your life. They offer to limit the sports that you can play. They offer the ability to prove you can stay ready and defensively yourself.

Be careful about filling the tank three times in a year. Gas goes bad. If you’re filling up that infrequently, you may need some stabilizer. Or, get a BEV

I too want to give my business to Trump Media And TECHNOLOGY company. Only the best

Nah fam.

Years ago it was “Don’t be evil”. Now it’s “Dont be evil(TM)(1)(2)”

(1) it is okay to be evil if the profit would be outrageous (2) if it’s questionable, we ignore the evaluation to see how much profit it generates first

I should not be browsing lemmy when I’m eating. Thanks bazus. You win this one lol

Yeah well didn’t stop boebert

Shouldn’t he already be there? I’m just asking questions

So can I reduce the number of lanes without provincial approval? Coincidentally two years later, can I decide to otherwise implement bike lanes?

Grace Vanderwaal - Clearly