▲ 40 ▼ Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 hours ago by lavenie@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 2 hours ago (5 children) Where do they belong, then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] swicano@programming.dev 6 points 1 hour ago (4 children) The road! It's got 4 wheels and motors. Or we could think about how we've designed urban spaces that surrender all space to cars forcing everyone not in a car can get fucked, so maybe take one car lane away and make a new bike/ delivery bot lane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago (1 child) These things are pretty much exclusively used on college campuses and downtown areas permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] swicano@programming.dev 1 point 42 minutes ago I'm not sure I see your point, unless you're assuming college campuses and downtown cores aren't still heavily car based in the US? I assure you most of them have a road or parking lane to spare near the restaurants that the bots want to pick up from permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 child) Honestly, have them share a bus lane, or expand bike lanes into a secondary lane for delivery robots. Make it on the outside though, so there's a buffer for cyclists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 hour ago I already hate sharing a sidewalk with them, I would shit blood if one of these fuckers made me late for a bus transfer because it was doing something stupid in the shared lane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swicano@programming.dev 6 points 1 hour ago (4 children) The road! It's got 4 wheels and motors. Or we could think about how we've designed urban spaces that surrender all space to cars forcing everyone not in a car can get fucked, so maybe take one car lane away and make a new bike/ delivery bot lane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago (1 child) These things are pretty much exclusively used on college campuses and downtown areas permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] swicano@programming.dev 1 point 42 minutes ago I'm not sure I see your point, unless you're assuming college campuses and downtown cores aren't still heavily car based in the US? I assure you most of them have a road or parking lane to spare near the restaurants that the bots want to pick up from permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 child) Honestly, have them share a bus lane, or expand bike lanes into a secondary lane for delivery robots. Make it on the outside though, so there's a buffer for cyclists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 hour ago I already hate sharing a sidewalk with them, I would shit blood if one of these fuckers made me late for a bus transfer because it was doing something stupid in the shared lane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago (1 child) These things are pretty much exclusively used on college campuses and downtown areas permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] swicano@programming.dev 1 point 42 minutes ago I'm not sure I see your point, unless you're assuming college campuses and downtown cores aren't still heavily car based in the US? I assure you most of them have a road or parking lane to spare near the restaurants that the bots want to pick up from permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swicano@programming.dev 1 point 42 minutes ago I'm not sure I see your point, unless you're assuming college campuses and downtown cores aren't still heavily car based in the US? I assure you most of them have a road or parking lane to spare near the restaurants that the bots want to pick up from permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 child) Honestly, have them share a bus lane, or expand bike lanes into a secondary lane for delivery robots. Make it on the outside though, so there's a buffer for cyclists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 hour ago I already hate sharing a sidewalk with them, I would shit blood if one of these fuckers made me late for a bus transfer because it was doing something stupid in the shared lane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 hour ago I already hate sharing a sidewalk with them, I would shit blood if one of these fuckers made me late for a bus transfer because it was doing something stupid in the shared lane. permalink fedilink source parent