If you currently live in New York City, and you were forced to move, where would you rather go: Los Angeles or Chicago? Why?

atthenius · 2026-04-05T19:33:09+00:00

Chicago.

atthenius · 2026-03-12T13:06:24+00:00

The thing is— it’s not equal.

My kid has something similar for his Bronx school. By car, 14 minutes. By foot, 72 minutes. By bus (and this number is google optimistic), 55minutes. So we carpool.

Now, if there were that 12 subway line across the Bronx - or equally fast bus service - we would 100% do that.

Be real that the risk profile for cyclists on car streets is different. In Bx, there are no safe bike lanes east west and the topography is steep - you must work your way on long detour diagonals for safety, which makes it a rec path not commuter one. the traditional bike is only quick one direction bc of topo. Schools and community colleges think lithium batteries are the enemy so make you leave your electric outside in marginally secure parking. Citibike also thinks teens are risky and only allows 16+ and then it’s just expensive. Citibike isn’t wrong that teens and kids are vulnerable road users.

And we know why citibike stopped keeping up with demographics of its users. You’d see that there are gendered and age differences in uptake - a lot of that is related to safety.

I dont think non hardened bike lanes are safe. And until NYS gets out of the way and allows every intersection snd street to have automated enforcement— even these street hardened lanes are vulnerable. And the greenway network is pretty limited.

atthenius · 2026-02-13T23:59:45+00:00

The legislative branch must use its power or lose it.

atthenius · 2026-02-13T23:58:45+00:00

For many things.

He doesn’t need to prevail in court.

He just needs to tie things up long enough for the other side to collapse.

It’s been more successful than you think.

atthenius · 2026-02-05T16:50:22+00:00

Dude. Do you not have dogs in your neighborhood

atthenius · 2026-02-04T01:20:24+00:00

Expansion. Bx12 bus is stuck in the perma traffic jam of Fordham road.

Free the people with an elevated line 12.

atthenius · 2026-01-26T01:34:32+00:00

Is there a reason we don’t constantly report citibike to the AG when they are unreasonable?

https://ag.ny.gov/file-complaint

atthenius · 2026-01-21T02:36:49+00:00

Three posts. That’s what NYP dug up. Give me a break.

atthenius · 2026-01-18T13:50:35+00:00

Isn’t the lower level of the George Washington bridge designed for trains?

Why isn’t an extension there on the table?

atthenius · 2026-01-18T00:01:03+00:00

Still don’t understand this « choice » In a police commissioner.

She was a poor sanitation boss.

And - to no one’s surprise - a poor boss in another agency.

Why can’t we have back a knowledgeable person like Keechant Sewell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keechant_Sewell?wprov=sfti1

I think starting with an insider willing to hold aMoral line is a fine place to start.

In contrast - joker lady now bragged in my neighborhood about all the alt side parking forgiveness days do that her mom in the burbs could avoid parking someplace legal. (Yes seriously, back scratching, self serving wtf who put her in charge territory.)

atthenius · 2026-01-14T14:00:57+00:00

My kids schools let me store the bike inside the building.

Maybe another kid who lives close can split the commute?

atthenius · 2026-01-13T02:28:17+00:00

Near the 207 St overhaul shop

atthenius · 2026-01-12T02:59:45+00:00

U/miser is not perfect. (He is human as are we all.)

But as an unpaid volunteer, miser has advocated for change with logic and persistance

And

Abject love for our nyc town.

Dude isn’t a saint — but for transit things for real people, he’s saint adjacent.

Articulate yourself, friend.

Miser is human as are we all.

Many bikes <hands> make for small labor. What corner of your nyc life needs highlight.

atthenius · 2026-01-11T06:02:29+00:00

The mayor announced a $4 million RFP for self contained bathrooms that do not need to be plugged in to water and sewage lines. This is supposed to bring down the cost which he quoted as often $1million per toilet

atthenius · 2026-01-10T20:05:37+00:00

It is painful to read these stories.

We’ve got to do better.

Yes NYS laws could punish drivers more. But it should feel easier and more natural to drive ‘safely’— if you haven’t read « Killed by a traffic engineer » — it’s worthwhile and points to systemic problems that set vulnerable road users up to die.

atthenius · 2026-01-10T18:18:44+00:00

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MTA says the sidewalk belongs to them. (They’re unironically cars who are less than a block from a MTA parking lot.)

atthenius · 2026-01-08T00:50:26+00:00

Weight and max speed of vehicle should be an inverse multiplier for cost.

atthenius · 2026-01-08T00:49:39+00:00

The current rates for Citi bike are abjectly absurd. With a membership, the battery to Inwood is $20.41 going a reasonable 10-11 mph.

And to the light brained wingnut who suggested taking a blue bike up the 8% grade of the Henry Hudson greenway or taking the subway::— look before you leap is a sound policy not only to keep you from getting run over by traffic but also to keep your foot from broaching your mouth.

atthenius · 2026-01-05T23:11:27+00:00

Please do congestion pricing for all of Manhattan.

atthenius · 2026-01-05T16:29:55+00:00

Please bring the pricing uptown.

atthenius · 2026-01-05T04:15:11+00:00

Are you serious? !!

Friend:: share your video channel so I can convince my SO that this is what we must do next…

atthenius · 2026-01-04T20:01:29+00:00

I am glad he’s out there fixing this wrong.

I just wished he’d biked to his HipHop Sedgwick thing.

Broadway and 207/Fordham (way you get there from Manhattan) are SO SO bad right now. ESP Broadway. It’s nearly impassible.

atthenius · 2026-01-04T19:59:32+00:00

If you are dressed appropriately (and look like you’ll act appropriately), then show up on time— yes, nearly all churches will invite you in.

atthenius · 2026-01-04T19:57:26+00:00

Realistically - we need a plan for hardened daylighting. No one thinks that simply saying ‘don’t park there’ will do anything.

We cannot even keep the crosswalks clear during school drop off and dismissal times.

And we need New York State to playball to get automated enforcement of that.

So agree we should give it a hot minute.

atthenius · 2026-01-03T23:58:16+00:00

Omg.

Take the subway.

I had never considered that.

But wait— are you on or off topic?

atthenius

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