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Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you can get the street sweeper to get the bike lane near my house I'll give you a half a can of chamois butt'r

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm trying to secure wholly separate bike lanes, or at least flexi-posts, anything but a sharrow or a line of paint. Tbh, I dunno how that'll work with a street sweeper.

[–] rockSlayer 16 points 2 months ago

There are little sidewalk sweepers about the size of golf carts that get used by colleges, it would work perfectly for a bidirectional bike lane.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

The mini sweepers work just fine in both Toronto and Montreal. Heck, in Montreal they clear the bike lanes even in the winter, often better than the roads. Additionally the local bike share is open 365 days a year now, they are equipped with studded tires between November and April.

Curious to hear about your experience.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you get narrower car lanes? Trying to cross an 8 lane stroad that has 12ft wide lanes in the middle of town is hellish.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't know if I can; it's not, well, in my lane as a bicycle/pedestrian committee member. I still show up and advocate for lane narrowing and traffic calming at the city council meetings.

[–] grue 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it’s not, well, in my lane as a bicycle/pedestrian committee member.

Yes it is!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I fuck with this energy, let's get it done!

[–] SlopppyEngineer 2 points 2 months ago

Start by demanding floating roundabouts and bridges for pedestrians and cyclists and let them work back to lane narrowing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They need the small ones, that's for sure. I would work that into my plan if I were you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Edit: disregard. I thought you meant lanes, you clearly mean sweepers