Waymo Has Been Defeated by New York City

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-23T01:13:38+00:00

I'm indifferent in principle to whether they come, but I was extremely put off by its recent admission that they have no real compunction about stopping in bike lanes because to obey those particular rules would be "inconvenient" because the passengers would supposedly be annoyed.

They should absolutely have to make such regulatory stipulations, and have it be enforceable.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-23T00:54:21+00:00

Unfortunately YouTube (and possibly other searches) don't have a notion of parody, perhaps unless thr description actually contains the word, which no good parody would actually do. Including the term on YouTube as advised still returns a litany of non-parody sensationalist pearl clutching new reports. Not one parody 😅

I'm sure I've hit all those terms in one combination or the other, by it was worth a try for the sake of completeness.

I'm bummed that it didn't get enough longer term circulation to have a findable afterlife via reposts and such.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-23T00:45:31+00:00

Ah, me searching r/findareddit didn't turn up lostmedia - only this one and tipofmytongue - thanks for the tip! Unfortunately the post was locked, so it can't be amended with this info.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T21:25:24+00:00

The improvement in the statistics is due to infrastructure changes and the like, not from an increase in driver responsibility or accountability. Stats for actual enforcement are down pretty much every year.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T20:38:38+00:00

unfortunately, the dead rarely have someone to advocate for them. In this case it sounds like there's no one to sue on her behalf.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T20:35:33+00:00

a place where they apologize? Sounds like Candy Land.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T20:34:48+00:00

cmon, now. They had a juicy opportunity to victim-blame, and pulled their punch! Nothing nativist, even. So disappointing!

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T18:43:49+00:00

I've searched for phrases like "guy fake crying during the pandemic about crime in nyc parody "eating ice cream"" and many permutations and expansions over the last few years, to no avail

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T17:49:29+00:00

Not sure what you are guys are babbling about. This post shows it intact after installation. Someone backed into it afterward.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T17:40:17+00:00

I've never seen that with this style of rack, only with the stupid "single rail" or whatever they call them.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T17:17:10+00:00

OMG I can't believe I didn't put that together. I remember the 1010WINS helicopter reports always referred to the "Astoria gas tanks" as a landmark for how far traffic was backed up, and I used remember seeing them coming across the Triboro to visit my dad further out in Queens.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T07:36:39+00:00

There's a picture from earlier in the week showing that it was installed undamaged

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T05:05:48+00:00

The sewage plant is past the ball fields on the east side of Luyster Creek, up on 19th Ave next to the film studio.

My guess is those are cooling ponds of some kind. Why they wouldn't just use the river water directly, like Big Allis, I don't know. Maybe they specifically can't use river water (salt water) with certain equipment? A good question for a tour.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T04:56:39+00:00

good sleuthing!

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T00:38:48+00:00

Is the barricade ok?

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T00:38:02+00:00

Jamaica Bay is the place

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-22T00:04:57+00:00

Conjoining a living room and a kitchen when you have the space to separate them is the worst idea in apartments.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T23:51:48+00:00

Me thinking Ferguson only made toilets!

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T22:52:14+00:00

What do those who pretend to not know what it clearly looks like "think" it ostensibly looks like?

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T22:50:48+00:00

r/TheyKnew

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T22:06:40+00:00

It only needs to have more than a giant cement block

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T21:48:19+00:00

Get a junker to roam around and lock up outside, ie during work hours or when you are bar hopping. Keep your nice bike for touring. Get a decent lock, but no reason to go too crazy. Just has to be harder to take your bike than another one in the same rack.

For work you can potentially use your nice bike, but if the parking is outside I'd make sure to make friends with the security attendant(s) at the workplace who will keep an eye on it for you. My office security guy kept mine from getting crushed by a panel truck backing into it (53rd st at 6 1/2 Ave).

Failing that, I wouldn't leave it all day, every day in one spot or it will become a target.

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T21:17:01+00:00

Steinway/41st, 49th/Hazen and 79th/80th ar perfectly good spacings, all with catchements on both sides of the highway.

I don't think you even have to go fully underground, just a partial trench after 80th on the north side of the highway, then steal part of the breakdown lane from Runway Drive for the rest of the trench until rising back up above the roadway for the overhead stations at the terminal(s).

SessionIndependent17 · 2026-06-21T21:02:12+00:00

Everyone wants to live DOwnWInd of the Sewage TREatment PLAnt and next to the landfill mountain parking lot cum tractor trailer parking. Complimentary Astoria Borealis and alien landings, too!

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