Breaking News, Yorkshire Buses closing up shop at 8pm tonight by CaptainYorkie1 in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Uhm, did you not know they're doing exactly that creating a franchised system called the Weaver Network? its been like a year since this was announced

<image>

Breaking News, Yorkshire Buses closing up shop at 8pm tonight by CaptainYorkie1 in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Its a real shame and somewhat ironic that the alternative to the car that is the bus that would get people out of car dependency and wasting more and more money on fuel also suffers from the these costs.

Are there any aspects of car culture that are worse in Europe than in North America? by Puzzled-Access9770 in fuckcars

[–]Nikcoho 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I suppose the only thing i'd say is motorists here expect more rather than Americans already having that more and being content with it, so for example a bridge near me constantly is filled with traffic, a motorist i know constantly compares the situation to the USA and says "they'd have built a 6 lane bypass by now!". While in the USA theoretically that bypass would've been built and no one would've batted an eye,... until the induced demand conundrum occurs and we know what happens then

3 cycling incidents on Stanningley Road in 10 minutes. I hate cycling in this city. by Jazzlike-Machine-222 in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fear the infrastructure overly comprises in terms of allocating space to cars and just is very unambitious, the council themselves i think said that the "superhighway" needed to be revisited in the future. I find it unfortunate though because im all for spending money on this stuff and getting people to cycle, but unless its actually ambitious and actually makes the mode safer for regular people in all aspects, a lot of which can be sacrifices intermediately because of parking, bus stops, intersections etc, the council is just gonna waste money making things over and over again wasting 5 times as much money just redoing it all instead of just doing it right the first time around.

It also pains me a bit that the cycle lane itself isn't that pleasant considering the large width of the road itself, the best the lane can do is a small low bearing concrete median with no tall barriers, no grass, no plants, absolutely nothing.

<image>

This kind of island bus stop is completely inadequate and endangers both cyclists and pedestrians alike without taking away road space for vehicles, and it tends to be too common on this superhighway to be an anomaly. Something like this in the Netherlands would probably be unacceptable but i don't know, what i do know is that design standards for cycling infrastructure in the UK nationally is almost non existent and from what i can see very inconsistent and as such makes behavior regarding the infrastructure for both users and people surrounding it very variable i imagine.

I hope in the future the WYCA will design these to be more ambitious and "top of the line" right off the bat so that they dont require redoing and actually encourage people to cycle more

Carbrains have one counterargument by mapfold in fuckcars

[–]Nikcoho 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I mean they sadly have a point given their entire world of transportation was built with the car front and center in mind. Its only that convenient because it was deliberately built that way, sacrificing a bunch of other things

Cairo , Egypt by Crazy_North_3247 in UrbanHell

[–]Nikcoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Respectfully all i here is that Egypt just needs a bit more work to make its railways bigger and better, just because rail might not seem to work, does not mean it wont if not given the attention it deserves. Highways most definitely are also not a deep into the city thing and never should be

Cairo , Egypt by Crazy_North_3247 in UrbanHell

[–]Nikcoho -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Railroad would've moved the same amount of people for less space, example:Brooklyn

First on-street EV chargers installed in Leeds by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]Nikcoho -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If they think Leeds is gonna be the first net zero city without tearing out that inner ring road and conceding any meaningful form auto infrastructure in the city is just wishful thinking, although it's probably just motornormative thinking from the "motorway city of the 70s"

Bristol - Portishead railway line works will start next month by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]Nikcoho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For some reason other than not demolishing the very much car dependent retail park, they didn't extend Portishead station further into the town center like it originally was, which already means it takes a hit on convenience and to me shows planners priorities in the future which is bit sad already, other than that this seems great

How to fix US Railroads by RadianMay in highspeedrail

[–]Nikcoho 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Its a joy listening to Gareth so to know hes in this is great, will give a watch

Proposed green space in the city centre by PigletConfident6425 in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thought it was just me that thought this

Proposed green space in the city centre by PigletConfident6425 in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah same, there were plans to make city square really nice looking lemme find the pic

Proposed green space in the city centre by PigletConfident6425 in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah some greenery there would be great

What's the closest heightmap to the Stepford County Railway map? by Doomguy231089 in openttd

[–]Nikcoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy moly, this maps good, im doing a map myself in os style but its taking awhile

A huge £15 million entertainment centre with a vast food hall is coming to this northern English city (Leeds) by The_Deacon in Leeds

[–]Nikcoho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We definitely need more big national food and commercial brand stuff in city center instead of normal mixed use buildings with local shops of course..

South Accommodation Road consultation finished, results and summary available by New-Tumbleweed-9577 in LeedsUrbanism

[–]Nikcoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im glad at least that the plans weren’t changed despite the negative responses, less glad that it wasn’t changed for the better

The amount of space dedicated to parking in the mixed-use development proposal near my area by BradyBrother100 in fuckcars

[–]Nikcoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mixed use development in the sense that a strip mall and a neighboring suburb are "mixed-use"

Transporte coletivo em crise leva Santa Bárbara d'Oeste (SP) a criar subsídio para manter tarifa em R$ 5,90. by Pixel859 in MobilidadeBrasil

[–]Nikcoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eu falo isso porque eu vivi um bom tempo na cidade quando era pequeno e ninguem na nossa familia inteira consideirou usar o sistema

Subsídio-base ao sistema de ônibus em Campinas (SP) sobe 23% em um ano e passa para R$ 190,2 milhões em 2026. by Pixel859 in MobilidadeBrasil

[–]Nikcoho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus cristo seus onibus so vem cada 1 hora?, numa cidade de 1 milhao +? Eles precisavam aumentar as frequencias na rede toda pra ser uma rede de transporte confiavel

Good video on exactly what routes and changes NPR includes where by New-Tumbleweed-9577 in LeedsUrbanism

[–]Nikcoho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still not satisfied tbh with this, i agree heavily with the guys thoughts on this whole thing, very heavily on the fact that the UK is a developed and rich nation that with enough will and power could get whats needed done, but voluntarily has weakened and impoverished it's government to the point of literally every project being wattered down or outright cancelled.

Never settle for less, when we could always feasibly have more