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Mar. 14th, 2008
or people...
but...
another street in Montreal is going car free.
In addition to this. And don't forget more car hate displayed by this colossal waste*.
And don't forget when they fucked up the absolute best ever piece of car engineering in history to make it more "pedestrian friendly."
I have a really weird idea. It's this idea that we already have places for pedestrians. They're called SIDEWALKS. And I don't know about you, but my parents taught me that my ass belonged on the sidewalk and non-pedestrians belonged in the road.
Seriously, jaywalking is a ticketable offence right? So how am I supposed to teach my kids "oh you can walk here in this street, but not that one."
Roads were ALWAYS for non-pedestrians. That was why they existed. And if pedestrians were in the road, they walked on the SIDE. There was never such a thing as an ENTIRE ROAD for pedestrians ONLY.
Is this new fetish for banning cars from everywhere some sort of natural evolution of Montrealers and their inability to not jaywalk?
I don't actually have a massive car fetish. I actually strongly prefer taking the metro everywhere ever since the city of Montreal decided to confuse itself with an extortion outfit and start charging more than Spitzer's whores for parking. Admittedly, you are not likely to catch me on a bus. Particularly the 80. I've been on Japanese trains at rush hour less crowded than that. Also, buses have a history of not being on time here. However, this rampant car hate in this city needs to slow down. Big time.
And that's my fat assed "ya know, back in MY day..." rant from the couch for today.
*I have nothing against bike paths. Bike paths in regions where they are unusable by bikes for six months or more out of the year should probably have removable barriers so as not to waste literally miles of parking for people who are more auto inclined.
but...
another street in Montreal is going car free.
In addition to this. And don't forget more car hate displayed by this colossal waste*.
And don't forget when they fucked up the absolute best ever piece of car engineering in history to make it more "pedestrian friendly."
I have a really weird idea. It's this idea that we already have places for pedestrians. They're called SIDEWALKS. And I don't know about you, but my parents taught me that my ass belonged on the sidewalk and non-pedestrians belonged in the road.
Seriously, jaywalking is a ticketable offence right? So how am I supposed to teach my kids "oh you can walk here in this street, but not that one."
Roads were ALWAYS for non-pedestrians. That was why they existed. And if pedestrians were in the road, they walked on the SIDE. There was never such a thing as an ENTIRE ROAD for pedestrians ONLY.
Is this new fetish for banning cars from everywhere some sort of natural evolution of Montrealers and their inability to not jaywalk?
I don't actually have a massive car fetish. I actually strongly prefer taking the metro everywhere ever since the city of Montreal decided to confuse itself with an extortion outfit and start charging more than Spitzer's whores for parking. Admittedly, you are not likely to catch me on a bus. Particularly the 80. I've been on Japanese trains at rush hour less crowded than that. Also, buses have a history of not being on time here. However, this rampant car hate in this city needs to slow down. Big time.
And that's my fat assed "ya know, back in MY day..." rant from the couch for today.
*I have nothing against bike paths. Bike paths in regions where they are unusable by bikes for six months or more out of the year should probably have removable barriers so as not to waste literally miles of parking for people who are more auto inclined.