I live 2 hours away from NYC and that’s also the case here
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dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year agoThis isn’t cars this is people and their culture.
I am from the UK, a large city too, and we have lots of cars and incredibly busy roads where it’s standstill a lot, but cars will move out of the way for emergency vehicles, you’ll drive on the kerb if you have to.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
There is no curb on many of these streets to go onto, there are bollards to protect pedestrians preventing that.
Its a design problem combined with a congestion problem, that was the reason for the congestion relief toll.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
That’s a good point and a spelling correction to boot 😂.
I did add an edit that we also have bicycles / motorcycles with paramedics if speed is of the essence and traffic is poor.
I also realise that Deansgate In Manchester City centre has now got those bollards too, but we have severely limited the cars that are allowed into the city centre and I must say it’s a lot more pleasant walking around and I say that as someone that would drive through the city centre myself on the way home from work.