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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I'm in agreement that we need systemic solutions, and those involve improving road design, so we agree for the most part on the most important aspect of this.

punishing people for being successful.

But issuing bigger fines for breaking the law is very, VERY far from punishing people for being successful. It's a correction of an unfortunate truth: if you're wealthy, you can afford to drive recklessly.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What does the top speed of a car has to do with how safe it is to go 10 km/h over the posted speed limit?

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

So let's push for that instead of pushing to remove cameras. In fact, proportional fines would probably increase the revenue, which would bring the funds to improve the road design so folks don't get the wrong impression of the speed they're supposed to be in. Also let's push for better transit so poor people are not forced to drive and risk getting fined.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

doesn’t feel fair

Why? Why does it feel unfair to follow the speed limit?

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (5 children)

If only we had real world data showing that there are several examples of speed cameras having a positive effect on driver behavior... Even if it was "just a cash grab", it's still a productive thing to do, as it can be used to fund the infrastructure changes of actually designing roads to their desired speeds.

poor people

a sports car that can go like 100 in second gear

lmao ok

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

JFC, a new low for The Walrus.

I donate monthly, but will pause my donations for the rest of the year and I sent them an email explaining why. I hope this partnership costs them dearly, though of I course I hope they survive it and learn the right thing from this.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe some day in the distant future our policy-makers will understand that updating a few signs doesn’t make a damn difference.

Yes it does, even if compliance is low, and the reason is what you yourself is saying

You need physical speed reduction methods such as speedbumps, roundabouts, raised crosswalks, etc.

Traffic engineers won't do these road diets on 50km/h streets. Changing the speed limit is an important first step that enables further changes to road infrastructure to help enforce the updated speed limits. This sweeping change is a MAJOR victory, that has been argued for many years. That we were able to pass this for so many neighbourhoods at once is great news and should be celebrated.

This was discussed at length during the council meeting, including later in the same day where another vote was passed to update the commitments and plans for the municipal Vision Zero initiative, which are in fact going to require infrastructure projects.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sometimes, though I have been prioritizing CBC originals lately I'm still finishing Handmaids Tale

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't really think cloud compute is a social good deserving of a government agency to be honest. I think the government should build out its datacenters and use it to build stuff, like a federal instant payment system that replaces Interac. But I don't really buy the argument that the government should bother to sell some of its capacity.

Whatever the government tries to sell here is going to be akin to IBM Cloud platform. It's going to be clunky, evolve slowly, with lame support. No sane business should choose that. It makes more sense to pick a non-US company with Canadian-located datacenters. Who should choose a slowly moving bureaucratic provider? The government itself. So just keep it private.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wouldn’t they just move their money over a place that would hide it?

Moving the money shouldn't make a difference, though. You pay taxes regardless of where you the money comes from or goes to.

Hiding income is illegal already. So more enforcement and steeper fines are about the only things left to do in that case.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Evidence really is sparse. Nonexistent, even

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

You might be reading too much into what I wrote. Saying it’s a pointless discourse is not the same as saying that I believe a peaceful resolution is forever impossible.

 

If you too think we need to increase our transit efficiency, support this upcoming motion by Cllr Boyle before July 23rd!

 

Found it on the street a few weeks ago in downtown, last used Jan-24-2024 06:57 PM. Sorry for the long delay, I went on vacation right the next day and forgot about it. Hit me up if it's yours and you want it back.

Card number is 0164 0235 7941 0194 ABCD

Proof of ownership will be telling me via DM the last digits and/or the CVN.

It has about 15 dollars on it. If the owner doesn't bother to claim it in a few days I'll just donate to someone on the streets.

 

I've been going back and forth a few apps. Apple Maps and Google Maps fail me too often suggesting me to take streets without bike lanes. With OsmAnd I'm able to mark a few roads as "Avoid", but I end up marking half my city and sometimes I do need to go one block or two on those streets.

Is there an app that allows me to to plan a route explicitly prioritizing AAA lanes that works in Vancouver?

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