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Walking is canceled (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 292 points 9 months ago (18 children)

Looking at maps, there are no sidewalks or walkways on any of the roads leading to or surrounding the stadium. Pedestrians aren't even an afterthought here.

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  • [–] 90 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I used to live near there and the cars were an afterthought too. It is sketchy AF driving there and it has a weird post-apocalyptic feel too.

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  • [–] 63 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Hundreds of square miles of tollway spaghetti. When I lived in NYC I was convinced that it's intentionally confusing, so that you exit and enter through the toll booths over and over.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    It’s NJ, it’s intentional. There are sidewalks in small towns, but almost no sidewalks outside of them. On most roads like 38 and 541, you literally have to walk on the grass next to the road. Public transportation is surprisingly decent for a US state, specifically going from South Jersey into Philly is really easy.

    Source: I grew up there and walked everywhere. It was terrible.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    By design...or bribe.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    This level of spaghetti is usually a lack of design, don't attribute to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    If there's profit at the end of the shit rainbow...

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    If you want to say the overall conditions that led to this were profit motivated (ie high car owning, excessive land used for roads), then sure. But the specific decision not to add a bike lane or sidewalk likely wasn't directly motivated by automotive lobbying.

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