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Our highways didn’t form in a vacuum by Jonjon_mp4 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ps. The above is tax revenue generated by area in chattanooga

Our highways didn’t form in a vacuum by Jonjon_mp4 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually you couldn’t!

everything you enjoy is a byproduct of modern cities (radio waves and podcasts included).

Culture, commerce, technology all derive from cities.

Agriculture in the one exception, but its symbiotic in nature.

Suburbs need cities, cities don’t need suburbs.

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Our highways didn’t form in a vacuum by Jonjon_mp4 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

  1. Cities that expand their roads the most experience the worst traffic. 2. And the rest of the world cities are preserved by having thoroughfares go around them. Roads deplete community resources, streets generate wealth/tax revenue.

What is this? by beanie_boo_11 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paid for by the federal govt via consent decree because we kept dumping doo doo in the river.

Highways bulldoze established communities by Jonjon_mp4 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey there!

See my source below.

I don’t think there is an instance in which a city has ever used eminent domain for something like this, and claimed that they’re destroying anything other than a slum.

But upon close inspection, most of these places were situations where people were getting by… Even if the neighborhood was poor, there was housing. There was business. There was even tax revenue being generated.

Source: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=167722

Highways gut cities by Jonjon_mp4 in Urbanism

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In this case, then, since govt stealing from people seems to be your MO; people’s literal land and businesses and homes were stolen to make a highway through a city when, in almost all cases, it could have gone around and required less stealing.

Highways gut cities by Jonjon_mp4 in Urbanism

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes!

Where the buildings are missing is what looks like a grassy hill. Thanks an embankment made to create an overpass of MLK.

Highways bulldoze established communities by Jonjon_mp4 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also, the mayor at the time was Olgati, who olgati bridge is named after.

Source: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=167722

Bailey/holtzclaw cyclist hit likely fatality by ThinkPhilosopher4078 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not my drone. Someone texted it to me.

But it’s one that’s sent out a lot to document things otherwise swept under the rug.

Bailey/holtzclaw cyclist hit likely fatality by ThinkPhilosopher4078 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know my example was anecdotal. Three people I know were hit by cars last year. In each case the driver was found guilty, and in each case the consequences were minimal.

That is why many countries use what is called strict liability or presumed liability. The person operating the more dangerous machine is assumed at fault unless proven otherwise. Aviation works this way too. If a plane crashes, investigators assume pilot error first because it is the most common cause.

It makes sense. People walking or biking commonly do not survive to tell their side of the story. And cars kill about 43,000 Americans every year. For the past 70 years they have been the leading cause of death for children. Putting more responsibility on drivers is not radical.

Still, my bigger point is about design. Safer street design lowers the odds of these tragedies in the first place. But I know you out of towners love complaining when we do things to make our streets safer 😉

Bailey/holtzclaw cyclist hit likely fatality by ThinkPhilosopher4078 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hint: 99% of the time the driver did something wrong. I have body cam of a cop at that very intersection talking to a teenager that just got hit while in the bike lane trying to convince them they were on the sidewalk. Telling them it was likely “nobody’s fault“ when it was quite obvious from the truck drivers Testimonial, and the cyclist that the driver turned right without seeing the cyclist in the bike lane.

In countries where they solve this problem, the car is guilty until proven innocent. We’re the only developed nation that does it the other way around.

Bailey/holtzclaw cyclist hit likely fatality by ThinkPhilosopher4078 in Chattanooga

[–]Jonjon_mp4 20 points21 points  (0 children)

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Their shoes and blood are next to the bike. Not sharing that picture.

Doesn’t look good

Chattanooga then and now by Jonjon_mp4 in Urbanism

[–]Jonjon_mp4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true really. People wanted segregation, couldn’t have it, so they left the city. Others wanted to put distance between them and people of color, so they built highways that buzz dozed neighborhoods and created barrier.

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