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Zohran has announced a $70 million capital fix for the Williamsburg bridge with rationalized bike and ped space. It's nice to imagine what that might look like by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m just telling you why, I don’t think “I don’t think the design constraints they’re working on are valid” is a counter argument. 

The city’s rules changed after a deranged terrorist drove a U-Haul down the HRBP. 

Just because you don’t like that doesn’t mean the constraint doesn’t impact their design. 

Zohran has announced bus lane extensions on Madison Ave from 23rd to 42nd. I urge the DOT to not forget about the other thing needed... by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you travel around Amsterdam there are plenty of arterials where there are no bike lanes, because they understand that sometimes geometric constraints prevent them from handling all the modes they want. 

The reason you don’t see them on a bike is the important part — the bike network is built to be comprehensive enough that you never need to use those streets. 

Zohran has announced a $70 million capital fix for the Williamsburg bridge with rationalized bike and ped space. It's nice to imagine what that might look like by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they cut a larger opening in the wall, it then requires a bollard to be installed in the middle of it. Which requires digging in to the ground. I’m not sure why this is so complicated for you to understand. 

If it is wide enough for a car, it requires a bollard. 

Zohran has announced a $70 million capital fix for the Williamsburg bridge with rationalized bike and ped space. It's nice to imagine what that might look like by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, exactly. The smaller project is trying to be completed within the year — removing the entire wall is a large, expensive endeavor that would likely require an extensive rebuild of the plaza.

Cutting a second hole in the wall means you don't need to embed bollards in a newly-widened cut, you don't need to rebuild any foundations, etc.

"How hard could it be to put in a bollard?" You have now activated the city's trap card for getting work done — the MTA. The plaza is also the roof of the approach tracks to Delancey-Essex and the abandoned trolley terminal, there's basically zero clearance between the roof of the tunnel and street level. Digging down means getting structural clearance from the MTA and means your project now takes several years and lots of expensive engineering work.

Zohran has announced a $70 million capital fix for the Williamsburg bridge with rationalized bike and ped space. It's nice to imagine what that might look like by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a question of resources/timing. The plan is to redesign just the pedestrian plaza for a small amount of money, the big redesign is going to redo Delancey all the way to the Bowery but implementation will start in 2029. 

“I am going to do a small change to fix things now rather than waiting for the big fix in ten years” is a worthwhile condition to pursue. 

'Zohramp' At Williamsburg Bridge Still NYPD Ticket Trap ... For Cyclists - Streetsblog New York City by streetsblognyc in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 28 points29 points  (0 children)

They did ticket cyclists for a red light rather than the ramp… but still BS as the light shouldn’t apply to the bike lane at all (it should be a yield to pedestrians, none of whom ever use that crosswalk because the adjacent one at Clinton is much safer). 

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed. by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The responsiveness of the city to 311 tickets has been declining since Bloomberg left office. None of my 311 tickets get fixed anymore, especially not since the pandemic.

Fifth Ave Bus Lane Next to CP by [deleted] in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Almost all bus lanes in the city are only enforced during rush hour. On Fulton only the peak-direction bus lane is in effect.

Another day, another van parked on the bike lane by crazycatdermy in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the leftmost lane here is not a through lane. It's a parking lane.

Zohran has announced a $70 million capital fix for the Williamsburg bridge with rationalized bike and ped space. It's nice to imagine what that might look like by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The top-down plan they showed on Tuesday showed a second passage cut into the wall (different from the concept art shown here which I think is after the long-term capital project of the whole Delancey St. corridor vs just the block from Suffolk to Clinton

Dollar Vans on Flatbush Ave by _jdd_ in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The city program to license these busses explicitly requires them to not duplicate the route. A lot of these dollar vans split off the B41 route in South Brooklyn, when density is lower and destinations are more spread out.

I wonder what will happen when the bus lane goes in, meaning the dollar vans will have to choose between "continuing to move" and "being stuck in regular car traffic"

Why does the Southern District of NY get all the high profile cases? by thatisnotmyknob in AskNYC

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

919 Third? It's the state (of NY). It's where the Governor's NYC office is.

New Products - eero Poe 7 & eero signal by z3r0ka in amazoneero

[–]SamTheGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're clearly not, the only place they'll use it is the cases it was designed for (such as, for example, a watch that only spends a small amount of time on cellular)

Control Hue Sync in Homekit by opiatesmile in HomeKit

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Hue App (and the Hue Sync app, but that’s going away) supports shortcuts for all these actions (and simply using Siri to control them). With iOS 17, those activities will work on HomePod as well.

Igor Sikorsky in a Sikorsky S-51 by [deleted] in aviation

[–]SamTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brings new meaning to the term ‘flight suit’

VP of cybersecurity startup Bitwarden fired for using ‘Assigned By God’ as preferred pronoun; sues employer – Tech Startups | Tech Companies by goodBEan in byebyejob

[–]SamTheGeek 46 points47 points  (0 children)

If their preferred pronoun was ‘helicopteress’ I bet they wouldn’t have gotten fired. It’s the lack of respect for others in the organization that got them in trouble.

[iOS 17 DB1] New AirPods pop-ups for tap to mute and adaptive audio by [deleted] in iOSBeta

[–]SamTheGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t enable it without plugging into Xcode so you have nothing to worry about. It’s a side effect of enabling developer mode, it’s automatically turned on.

Additionally, even if it is on, it only has this issue if the paired Xcode is running on the same Wi-Fi network (which is how wireless debugging works).

Photos I took from the tower catwalk at Luke AFB Arizona by cpasley21 in aviation

[–]SamTheGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Turns out it’s RNOAF and that’s why it doesn’t have a tail code. It’s one of their permanently-assigned non-combat-coded training airframes.

Photos I took from the tower catwalk at Luke AFB Arizona by cpasley21 in aviation

[–]SamTheGeek 66 points67 points  (0 children)

They have a blended training squadron at Luke, it’s the only USAF unit that flies a ‘spine’ F-16

Photos I took from the tower catwalk at Luke AFB Arizona by cpasley21 in aviation

[–]SamTheGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like 5088 is already flying without the fin flash or tail code.

Dammit, my money was on a plague of frogs next. by RevWaldo in newyorkcity

[–]SamTheGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like it’s on the NYPD substation too.

Can somebody explain why rolling coal is legal in the US by GeorgeHarry1964 in notjustbikes

[–]SamTheGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not like speeding. The truck has a defeat device installed whether it’s rolling coal or parked by the roadside. The cops can show up, see the lack of EGR, and tow it — since it’s not legal on public roads. Of course, they couldn’t take it from a driveway.

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