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frowogger t1_is1hu1x wrote

Reply to comment by Previous_Floor in why is our government so ignorant in Rhode Island? just because the weather is warm during the summer does not mean that the homeless go away. why do they wait until the cold weather to go and fix the problem? they never gets fixed?! we obviously need more shelters unless bike path. by [deleted]

Have you ever considered that cities are a nuanced social environment that should simultaneously provide for people who use bikes along with providing for homeless people?

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Previous_Floor t1_is1jfuz wrote

People can ride bikes without a bike path that will destroy local businesses.

Are you aware that 4 people stabbed a homeless man in Kennedy Plaza last night? And do you know why they stabbed him? Because the homeless man refused to let them take his Sour Patch Kids candy.

There are real issues in this city. Not having a bike path on Hope Street isn't one of them.

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frowogger t1_is1rfue wrote

Sorry, a bike path that will...destroy local businesses? You mean having a convenient, healthy, and easy way for more people to travel through areas with lots of businesses is detrimental towards said local businesses? What a joke. And sure, keep going on about how we can't address 2 issues simultaneously. You have the comprehension of social issues of a 1st grader.

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Previous_Floor t1_is2vd22 wrote

>Sorry, a bike path that will...destroy local businesses? You mean having a convenient, healthy, and easy way for more people to travel through areas with lots of businesses is detrimental towards said local businesses? What a joke.

I mean LOSING 132 PARKING SPACES near the local businesses. You know, the part that you conveniently left out.

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frowogger t1_is45i2y wrote

Boo hoo I don't give a shit about parking spaces. Bike path is infinitely healthier for the city and more sustainable. Cars do jack shit to support the city as a social space. They're geometrically inefficient, take up tons of fucking space (Notice how you didn't mention how hundreds of parking spaces take up tons of square footage that could be used for literally anything more important?), are alienating as hell, and as the infrastructure grows to support more cars, it supports less people. Bike paths are the exact opposite of this. They're a massively social activity, is much cheaper to get into, is inherently healthy for the individual, takes up far less space than giant fucking cars, and, yknow, can't have high speed collisions or threaten high speed collisions against normal ass people walking around the city. Fuck cars

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Previous_Floor t1_is4zua8 wrote

We're talking about a one mile stretch of Hope Street. What would the people on bikes do before they get to the beginning of the bike path? What would they do when they reach the end? I'll tell you what they'd do: they'd manage just fine. And they'll manage just fine without that one mile stretch.

But it's all irrelevant at this point. This was just a temporary test. That bike path won't be back. Sensible people won't let it happen.

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Jtownusa t1_is22jc4 wrote

Lol why are you conflating a homeless guy getting stabbed with the bike path on Hope street? They have nothing to do with one another.

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