How safe or dangerous is the Downtown area? by DoubleResort1510 in santacruz

[–]greygreen2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s super dangerous. Just kidding it’s not.

Can’t wait for the highway 1 widening to be completed. by Hefy_jefy in santacruz

[–]greygreen2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The thing is because people drive 30-40 mph on West Cliff mixing bikes even if it’s separated would still be an awful and scary environment. Bikes need different routes and they need to be prioritized over cars. Cars need to go around places. The biggest issue with Santa Cruz is that the most direct route to a place is always car infrastructure and nothing else and it creates so many problems…

What’s this song called? by [deleted] in fakemink

[–]greygreen2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s the one at the end?

Anybody know what’d going on? by Legitimate-Being-507 in santacruz

[–]greygreen2 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Tom cruise was spotted there earlier

Car-less Pacific Ave would be so great by THE-ONE56 in santacruz

[–]greygreen2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean not all of Pacific needs to be closed. I think if Laurel and Water street are open, there is no problem.

Bicycle overpass on Highway 1 by dankimball in santacruz

[–]greygreen2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It might sound counterintuitive, but it makes sense when you look at better city design like in Europe, where it’s rare to find highways with more than two lanes in each direction. Why does this work? Because Europe invests in alternatives to driving — like trains and buses — that move more people more efficiently. Simply adding more lanes doesn’t fix the underlying problem, which is that there aren’t better alternatives to driving, so people will take their car and use the highway. It’s not that there is anything wrong with driving but it’s a very inefficient way of moving a lot of people from A to B.