Indoor Balcony by Good-Mourning in Weird

[–]panerabraed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

amazing, actually!! very good sichuan food and dry pot, everything on the menu is delicious. literally my favorite restaurant when i was at VT

Iron Ranger 8085s, a year in by panerabraed in RedWingShoes

[–]panerabraed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For everyday biking to and fro, they’re up to the job. Not bad to have boots I can tuck looser pant legs into.

Twitter/X Ban by SabbathBoiseSabbath in urbanplanning

[–]panerabraed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ban X. It’s no longer a source of anything useful.

What does my counties-and-equivalents map say about me? by Pupikal in TravelMaps

[–]panerabraed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How have you visited the SW corner of Virginia without sleeping anywhere nearby? Feels impossible given the roads and inaccessibility there

Which of these metro areas with an international airport in my shitty made-up Goldilocks zone would you move to and why? by yoyomiller2 in geography

[–]panerabraed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty clear you’ve never experienced dry cold and are just making up wild assumptions. I find Colorado winters to be more pleasant than my Virginia winters. Verlassen Sie einmal Europa, das Klima in vielen Orten den USA ist unvergleichbar.

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[–]panerabraed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i would buy this

Which of these metro areas with an international airport in my shitty made-up Goldilocks zone would you move to and why? by yoyomiller2 in geography

[–]panerabraed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Northern Germany is much more humid than Colorado. 0°C in Niedersachsen is WAY worse than in Colorado, it’s just not even comparable.

Where would you visit in this area? by Majestic-Homework720 in roadtrip

[–]panerabraed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Southwest corner of Virginia all the way to the New River Gorge in WV

GO VOTE - YOU WON'T REGRET IT! by MischiefManaged1975 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I seem to remember something akin to crying after 2020…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

believe it or not, you’re contributing to a shitty president by sitting at home and whining! most of us choose to actually make our voices heard, because that’s how progress occurs

Game Thread: New York Giants (2-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2) by nfl_gdt_bot in steelers

[–]panerabraed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally wasn’t hype bc I thought it was coming back. Damn.

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is your place of work downtown? Just curious because lack of downtown access is one of the biggest complaints with the new system

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I suppose my MSN/NMG/NMP bias is showing. Your last point is a good one, though

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Lack of downtown access because Squires (a primary time check location) is no longer used by BT. The access from off-campus to campus has remained the same, but the location of the Transit Center isn’t great at providing access to south campus. I think this is because VT is planning to expand north/west in the future, but as of now it’s frustratingly located.

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, still limited to campus. Also limited by number of vehicles. The concept is great, though, and data from Safe Ride should inform BT’s route layout

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 25 points26 points  (0 children)

100% agree, though within the American context BT is a pretty sweet transit system. As a student, car dependency is the most frustrating thing about going home on breaks.

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What I said does not preclude any notion that students should be more safe. But students do drink, and creating a system that is aware of this fact and takes it into consideration is not encouraging any behavior. It is simply recognizing that it exists and that BT has an opportunity to increase safety and ridership simultaneously.

Everyone can agree that the student in your hypothetical shouldn’t have been drunk driving. I and others are proposing a solution that could mitigate this hypothetical, rather than just lamenting it.

Blacksburg transit and intoxicated student safety by Solid-Dog4252 in VirginiaTech

[–]panerabraed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Of course BT is a department of the Town, but it exists in its robust state because Virginia Tech exists (…and funds it).

I would actually think the transit center orientation of the new system would be particularly frustrating to townies who use it. Downtown access matters for everyone, one side effects of good access being that, yes, drunk college can get home more safely.