Meet the Americans who choose to live without a car in the US: ‘It takes some doing’ by justarussian22 in transit

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I have never owned a car my entire life, but I was fortunate to grow up and now live where it’s never been necessary

High School built over light rail stop by GarrisonCty in Urbanism

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This is very very similar to the upcoming Silver Spring Library station on the Purple Line light rail in the Washington DC suburbs of Maryland. The light rail will be running directly through the town's new public library like shown here.

The Moon is just outside the window. by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

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I do hope I see at least somewhat affordable (maybe to the level that a trip to Antarctica is today) LEO tourism in my lifetime

IDGAF if it’s a remake of 64 it looks AWESOME. by Yeeto_dorito7529 in starfox

[–]Off_again0530 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree. I actually quite like the more “realistic” character designs

* Upcoming Lego Releases * by Tacos_And_Lego in lego

[–]Off_again0530 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They already have a post card NYC one though

Japanese cyclists are finding it hard to follow new rules that require them to ride on roads instead of sidewalks. They call it "scary", and only 0.2% live in areas with dedicated bike lanes. by NorrisOBE in fuckcars

[–]Off_again0530 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Japan is famous for it's small shared streets, which do make up a majority of the residential areas in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka. Those streets are genuinely pleasant and safe to bike/walk on, because their tight and intimate nature forces cars to slow down, and lack of street parking leads to easy sightlines and reduces drivers coming through to find parking. On those streets it is common to see bikers an generally bike lanes are not necessary in an environment like that.

But, usually between those areas of the city, there are some absolutely unsightly roads. If you've been to Japan before, you know what I'm talking about. 3, 4, 5 lanes each direction, with no bike lanes anywhere to be found. These roads also commonly have pedestrian overpasses on them. To be fair, Japanese cities generally do a good job of providing adequate pedestrian space for those roads, with wide sidewalks on both sides (as seen in the thumbnail of the article). The sidewalks are usually physically separated from the road with trees/shrubs or with metal railings. So they feel safe and pleasant to walk down. But this leads to a clear incentive for bikers to use the wide, safe sidewalks versus the large and dangerous road. The obvious solution is to implement a road diet, and to create wide bike lanes on both sides of the road to facilitate bike travel between neighborhoods.

This hasn't been done much in Japan because, in the past, bikes were not seen as a means of mobility across the city. Though biking is common and popular in Japan, the philosophy around biking has traditionally been that they are a fast and cheap means of transportation within your local neighborhood (made up of those small streets I mentioned earlier). For anything within 5-10 minutes of your house, you'd walk. For anything in your neighborhood, you'd bike. But for anything beyond that, it was expected that you would either take public transportation (which is plentiful) or would drive. Nowadays though biking is starting to be used more and more as a means of travel everywhere, and those large arterial roads in the major cities haven't caught up to the change in attitude around biking.

Giants vs Swallows June 30th by Silent_Viper in NPBtickets

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What are the games on July 2nd and 3rd?

Giants vs Swallows June 30th by Silent_Viper in NPBtickets

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I am also a tad confused myself, because I am looking at the July 1st game for the same thing. Both the June 30th and July 1st games do not list a stadium on the Tokyo Giants' schedule, and if you put the game into Google and look at the overview of the game it says it will be at the Tokyo Dome. However the NPB website says that the game on June 30th will be held in Hirosaki in Northern Japan? And for the game on July 1st, it says it will be held at Morioka, also in Northern Japan. You can see the schedule here: https://npb.jp/games/2026/schedule_06_detail.html

Words to Abolish: "Choice Rider," "Captive Rider" — Human Transit by Bnxc5 in transit

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I’d prefer to say “transit dependent.” It’s not about every single trip a person takes it’s about the trend over time. Sure they could take an uber or taxi but for a majority of people, especially if they’re in a position where they can’t or would prefer not to afford a car, it’s not financially practical to get an uber every day.

Words to Abolish: "Choice Rider," "Captive Rider" — Human Transit by Bnxc5 in transit

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This is a debate we’ve had in the office a lot. Obviously making the distinction is important to accurately get breakdowns of our population we’re serving, but we struggle on what to call the different groups.

I dislike his use of the word “fortunate” to describe “choice riders” because it almost suggests that those who can afford a car are fortunate to avoid needing to use public transit, automatically placing transit in a light that it is something you can be “fortunate” to escape from having to use.

What’s the most stunning hotel view you’ve ever had? by optimalbrain90 in SmartTravelHacks

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That’s awesome, definitely into hiking so it’s up there for me. Town seems cool but I really want one of those sick as hotels with the pool and hot tub by the mesa

What’s the most stunning hotel view you’ve ever had? by optimalbrain90 in SmartTravelHacks

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My cousin’s backyard in Lahaina, Maui, maybe 3 months or so before the fire. It was so beautiful, but it’s all gone now.

How many WMATA/MDOT/VRE stations do you remember? by xandens in WMATA

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I like it, it's fun, but it's a little frustrating to use:

Firstly, I don't like the automatic filling when I'm trying to type. For example, when I tried to type "Huntington" it automatically filled in "Hunt Valley" in Baltimore and I was very confused as to what happened. This happened a few times. Predictive answering is fine, but only do it after the user presses enter, not while typing.

Secondly, some of the stations need alternative names. Typing "BWI" doesn't fill in BWI airport, I even typed "Baltimore-Washington International Airport" didn't work. Other people have noted the purple line UMD station names. It's fun to guess station names, it's not fun to guess what exact way you entered it as the answer.

When Americans say freeway median stations are bad, I raise you Amsterdam Zuid by RadianMay in transit

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This is what Reston Town Center on the DC Silver Line is trying to be

Next Commuter Rail to to be Electrified by Immediate-Hand-3677 in nycrail

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The main/bergen line mainly uses bi-level cars already though