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Sydney's car-brained candidate for Mayor (lemmy.world)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 62 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Less bike lanes

100% he's going to make that happen

and cheaper parking

0% he's going to make that happen

Free market, bitches! Prices. Only. Go. Up!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

wait why would less bike lanes make anything cheaper?? it's just sectioning off a portion of the road?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You turn the bike lane into street parking. No idea how this makes things cheaper, but I guess the argument is two extra parking spots per block is going to make all the difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

yeah some dude paying 7 bucks an hour while he picks up taco bell (idk the hourly rate for parking im not american) is gonna break profit records

[–] EncryptKeeper 1 points 3 months ago

This politician isn’t American either, this is in Sydney