Too Real
Posted by KrabbyPattyMeat@reddit | plano | View on Reddit | 11 comments
Posted by KrabbyPattyMeat@reddit | plano | View on Reddit | 11 comments
thephotoman@reddit
We need trains. More of them.
richard_splooge@reddit
Fuck trains. I'm not carring two weeks of groceries on a fucking train. Fuck that.
hamlet_d@reddit
we could do massive amount of trains but it would only go so far since our neighborhoods aren't walkable and meant for keeping people in the area by providing businesses within walking distance.
People have to leave their neighborhood not just for work but for every manner of shopping and convenience. Two of my favorite restaurants are "technically" within walking distance but theres 6 lane major roads with limited crosswalks that mean I will be taking my life into my hands.
The problem isn't that we "need more trains" , they are part of the solution but what we really need is a wholesale change in the way things operate. Adding trains alone won't really fix much. It (theoretically) could fix the commuter problem but unless somehow change the calculus away from cars entirely its a bigger problem.
thephotoman@reddit
Build the transit and the density will come.
The problem is the six lane major roads. They shouldn't be. They don't really serve humans. They serve cars.
Interesting_Role1201@reddit
We're not smart enough
CPLCraft@reddit
The construction on Coit just north of the intersection with Park. The left lane seems covered and blocked without much explanation or change in the past few months
inkydeeps@reddit
And let’s tear up the work we just put in and patch it badly. Oh I know we won’t put up signs so everyone has to guess which lane is open. Plano lacks an ability to plan.
hamlet_d@reddit
The problem is in your statement: they patch.
They would be much better off closing a road and doing the entire thing, entire new surface. the few roads they've done that to have been great, but they don't look at things that way.
If you drive down custer or really any other major road in plano, you will see a patchwork of concrete where they've found problems and then "fixed" them by cutting around and pouring concrete.
The problem is that more seams = more opportunities for potholes to form. It's just asinine.
Hourslikeminutes47@reddit
"see that stretch of road there? Let's pave half of it with asphalt and forget to sweep the unpaved side of it until three days later"
Key-Lecture-678@reddit
back in the 2000s, before peak oil, the economy was so strong they patched the roads with new concrete. even small spots.
now plano is reduced to putting asphalt on top, and latching with more asphalt.
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TeeBrownie@reddit
“Be sure to block all straight and left turn lanes so that everyone has to wait in the right-on-red lane even if they just need to turn right on red.”