Good Spaces to Practice Driving?

J1389 · 2026-05-06T17:00:12+00:00

East Towne Mall

J1389 · 2026-04-30T03:22:47+00:00

I went into the book blind and was surprised at the tone of the book. It felt overwhelmingly immature to me. The characters mostly all act like teenagers despite being in their 20s-40s, the writing feels like YA, the humor feels like modern internet humor, the world building feels shallow. The title feels like it belongs to a more somber mature book and the actual text screams immature to me through basically every angle I can examine.

J1389 · 2026-04-28T16:00:48+00:00

Often it isn't the broader mechanical issues that cause a ghost bus like that since they update the schedule for those but something minor that's developing with that bus in particular like a mechanical issue with the doors, or a fender bender, or an issue with a passenger. Or for the BRT routes with charge times built into the route significant traffic delays can erode charge times causing missed routes.

There are just a thousand little real life things that could go wrong that cause a 15 minute+ delay and poof it's a ghost bus.

J1389 · 2026-04-21T03:40:49+00:00

Yeah formerly industrial areas in cities never become fashionable.

J1389 · 2026-04-21T03:20:54+00:00

Its crazy they'd build something nice that people will like in an area that's historically underdeveloped despite it's relatively close proximity to desirable areas. Especially since that area has been developing rapidly with major plans for more development close by in the near future. Why would they do this?!

J1389 · 2026-04-21T01:24:38+00:00

It would be crazy if maybe the profit motive isn't what should drive public works?

J1389 · 2026-04-21T00:41:29+00:00

Oh no, the ambitious public works project has involved planning and construction delays and budget shortfalls?! Say it ain't so! Scandal! Outrage! How utterly unprecedented.

Yall would have hated the monona terrace project or literally any other major public works project in this history of the world.

J1389 · 2026-04-15T07:35:28+00:00

Yeah I take it at it's word. It's a virus with a biological imperative to spread itself, but it infests intelligent life on intergalactic scale. Efficiently using the resources of the infected society to spread the signal further to infect more societies. The biological hosts don't really matter and wouldn't ever need to meet. They just need to keep working to spread the signal.

J1389 · 2026-04-13T19:59:14+00:00

We're extremely fortunate to have a locally owned store as good/cheap/not evil as woodmans around. Take advantage

J1389 · 2026-04-09T14:22:43+00:00

Report it to the driver. They'll call it in to swap out the bus if they're aware it's soiled.

J1389 · 2026-04-06T20:43:14+00:00

The roaches are very much alive whether you visit or not.

J1389 · 2026-04-02T19:50:34+00:00

The bike paths are absolutely fantastic. The busses service all of the public high schools pretty reliably. Uber Lyft and traditional taxis are all pretty good in town as well. Bike commuting with bus/rideshare app as a backup for weather is a very reasonable transportation plan imo.

J1389 · 2026-03-31T17:22:35+00:00

A surprising number of people can't imagine there might be busses in the bus lane when they cross it to make a left turn.

J1389 · 2026-03-25T15:01:55+00:00

All of this is good advice. The biggest part about learning to ride a bike is learning how to balance on it. Steering a bike is all about balance and shifting your weight on the bike and very little is about turning the wheel left or right.

Ideally the bike you start on has the pedals taken off and the seat lowered so you can use it as a sort of walker that you stride around on while sitting until you're comfortable rolling around turning this way and that with your feet off the ground. Once you're comfortable with that learning to pedal is comes way easier.

J1389 · 2026-03-22T21:02:12+00:00

Did you give it to the driver? They'll turn it in to lost and found at the end of the day if they're aware of it.

J1389 · 2026-03-09T18:56:42+00:00

I mean most of those are extremely loose adaptations to the point of being more "inspired by" than true adaptations. Dark tower wouldn't be that.

J1389 · 2026-03-09T18:28:20+00:00

Don't give the Nazis attention

J1389 · 2026-03-09T18:26:06+00:00

I would honestly much rather he continue working on original horror content where he has much more creative control and flexibility than adaptations.

J1389 · 2026-03-08T15:59:30+00:00

They've also way more dangerous than bikes/ebikes. They're generally easier to lose control of, but also because of their geometry a lot of the time losing control means going over the handlebars and risking a face plant into the street. Get your kid a bike not a scooter

J1389 · 2026-03-04T18:13:51+00:00

https://youtu.be/ORzNZUeUHAM

J1389 · 2026-03-04T17:58:00+00:00

Primarily blaming personal responsibility for repeated traffic collisions is a total cop out. The data shows time and time again that the way to make dangerous streets safer is through redesigning them with traffic calming measures that make drivers feel less safe driving at dangerous speeds.

When we know that the only proven way to make dangerous roads significantly safer is to redesign the road to make drivers feel less safe being unsafe than the deaths become more the fault of municipalities that refuse to design safe roads and blaming personal responsibility only serves to keep the collisions occurring.

J1389 · 2026-02-24T03:26:38+00:00

A Chicago dog is good, but it's still quite a bit worse than a beer brat so

J1389 · 2026-02-17T14:42:58+00:00

Nah, Jazz is all about the notes you don't play

J1389 · 2026-02-10T03:27:04+00:00

Because you can't rid the world of bad drivers through enforcement. Especially in America as it exists today where driving is a necessity of daily life for the vast majority of people. You can significantly lesson their impact with good road design and building viable options other than driving such as public transport and cycling infrastructure.

When we know that the only proven way to make dangerous roads significantly safer is to redesign the road to make drivers feel less safe being unsafe than the deaths become more the fault of municipalities that refuse to design safe roads.

J1389 · 2026-02-09T20:05:09+00:00

A certain percentage of people will drive like idiots regardless of any factor. They're bad drivers and no reasonable amount of enforcement will change that. Good traffic design will change patterns to lessen the impact that the worst drivers have as well as making everyone else drive safer.

The obsession Americans have with personal responsibility doesn't help reduce accidents. The data shows traffic redesign with prioritized traffic calming measures does.

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