Ford postures as a folksy everyman, looking out for the average suburban commuter stuck in gridlock on their way home to their family. But his new bill is another example of how he shrewdly teams up with wealthy private interests.
It is "fun" enough when the back end of my fairly balanced rear drive slides out on a bump. I can only guess how weird this would handle with all that weight in the front...
Ad industry is quite a machine and they sure have money to burn. All I watch on Youtube is biking and metal and all I get is car ads and country music ads. 🤦♂️
I'm wondering if I have to get a camera too. No close calls yet. But, for a group who expects cyclists to always follow the rules, drivers in my area sure know how to "Idaho Stop".
He/his campaign is also engaging in FB comments with almost everyone on there. Doesn't seem like the typical response from him. Maybe he has some internal polling shows he's losing to Myke?
I hope so, too. It's funny the common thread is counsil acting business moguls while they sell out for less.... We have $850m for an arena but, we need money from naming rights and improvements for Millenium Park. Thread is business getting preferential access to the public goods over the public.
This is INSANE. In no world is the new deal better than the old one. You would have to assume 4% interest over 35 year payback, which city pensions and businesses would not accept, they'd want 10%. The city will lose $271m of the $316m "paid back" over 35 years. Same deal as paying 50% of $1.8b.
Yes. What happened in the video is an illegal use under current law. It's lack of enforcement that's an issue. I've rode my bike dozens of hours on pathways this Summer and yet to see bicycle police.
I'm hypothesing based on my observations that a higher % of drivers feel OK going through a red on a straddle because its not a high speed highway light and its not a downtown packed with pedestrians street.
Basically more people are driving with an "Idaho stop" mentality.
I wonder if it's more prevalent on stroads? I vividly remember this happening to me twice as a pedestrian along 16 ave over Christmas break and the drivers went through like the rest of the world never existed.
I feel like some drivers can only detect or fear hitting other cars and nothing else.
If the court is accepting that a tree blocking a streetlight, causing a shadow on the road "may have been a factor in the collision", I wonder if the family of the victim can sue the city?
