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Miser
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Best known for running the MicromobilityNYC community on reddit, where you can find a ton more of my videos.
Micromobility is about "right sizing" transportation for the city. We support space efficient options -- mass transit, pedestrians, and micromobility. (Bikes, scooters and anything else you can ride in the bike lanes.) Replace cars with trees. Micromobility, walkability, and mass transit are the core principles that make NYC work and we fight for them.
Micromobility is about "right sizing" transportation for the city. We support space efficient options -- mass transit, pedestrians, and micromobility. (Bikes, scooters and anything else you can ride in the bike lanes.) Replace cars with trees. Micromobility, walkability, and mass transit are the core principles that make NYC work and we fight for them.
Congestion Pricing begins with a midnight circus on the streets, as is fitting
1/5/25 12:01am, the Congestion Pricing program finally goes live. As you can tell by all the fighting, this is about a lot more than a simple toll, it's about the future of cars in this city and many others.
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EVERY city should pass Congestion Pricing
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EVERY city should pass Congestion Pricing
Car drivers commit an orgy of crime every day in NYC, yet it's bikers that get the blame somehow
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This type of crime and harm is on top of the 300 car crashes in the city every day, many of which push cars up onto sidewalks and crush pedestrians, of course.
Cars are slow as hell.
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For the record, I'm riding a single speed bike pretty leisurely here and still absolutely smoking the drivers, per usual.
NYC is debating requiring licenses to ride ebikes. This would literally kill people.
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NYC is debating requiring licenses to ride ebikes. This would literally kill people.
Ebikes save lives, harming their adoption in any way kills people.
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The big fight in NYC currently is that a braindead politician has introduced a bike licensing bill to the City Council. If adopted, this would seriously harm the skyrocketing adoption of ebikes and other micromobility in the city, putting everyone in far more danger. Here is my testimony why that is the case.
"Bike riders come in all sizes, shapes, and ages."
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These are the actual people being harmed by those that fight micromobility, especially politicians fighting dumb culture wars, trying to stop bike lanes, rip them out, or license bikes.
Streets for cars are ridiculously stupid and fragile
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Streets for cars are ridiculously stupid and fragile
WE WIN. New York's Congestion Pricing is back on. (Relive all the stupidity)
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This is honestly only a brief summary of our advocacy community's work on this over the last 5 months, even at this length. Ultimately, the entire Congestion Pricing "pause" fight, while incredibly consequential, was as stupid as we always said it was and Hochul achieved absolutely nothing other than harming the state. Join us at www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/ to participate in all the stup...
The anti-bike lane fight in NYC is being led by White Supremacists -- no exaggeration
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You can hear more first hand accounts from those that attended this workshop here: www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/comments/1gbtou0/last_night_at_the_queens_greenway_workshop_vickie/
Great Minds #1 - Vickie Paladino, fighter of Greenways
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Great Minds #1 - Vickie Paladino, fighter of Greenways
Bike lanes mean freedom for the elderly and disabled
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Posting now a lot more content on: misernyc.substack.com/
The Queens Greenway is the height of human civilization, the center of everything
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Posting now a lot more content on: misernyc.substack.com/
New York City is building the American model for great urbanism -- yes really
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Posting now a lot more content on: misernyc.substack.com/
Nothing will get NYC drivers to take alternatives. Not even pain. Some are incapable of learning
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Posting now a lot more content on: misernyc.substack.com/
NIMBYism is a side effect of car dominance and "Parking Mandates" make rent more expensive
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NIMBYism is a side effect of car dominance and "Parking Mandates" make rent more expensive
New York is a city of glorious Anarchy
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New York is a city of glorious Anarchy
Just remove car lanes. There is no down side.
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Just remove car lanes. There is no down side.
One of the best Greenways in the world just opened in NYC
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One of the best Greenways in the world just opened in NYC
We know how to prevent children's deaths in Astoria, our leaders just choose not to
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We know how to prevent children's deaths in Astoria, our leaders just choose not to
Queensboro Bridge Bike Lane - A Parade of Failure
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Queensboro Bridge Bike Lane - A Parade of Failure
Almost Nobody Understands A Damn Thing About Traffic
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Almost Nobody Understands A Damn Thing About Traffic
How to get a massive dedicated Bike Network in NYC
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How to get a massive dedicated Bike Network in NYC
I hope NYC majorly improves its transit with congestion pricing revenue and that the streets become healthier and safer. We're watching here in LA.
Funny how these tough guys chose to be out of their cars that they love so much to confront the proponents
Woot!
You mad bro?🤣
Such a cringe comment.
Choosing to believe youre talking about the anti-congestion toll trolls
EVERY city should pass city-killing laws! Progressivism at its best folks. It has zero limiting factors and never addresses the real problems.
It's ok, they just banned bike lanes where I live. Problem solved!
Think about how on any given highway in car-centric areas, most cars carry 1 person who carries with them nothing that couldn't fit on a car or train. Really, roads should be reserved for 3 main purposes: People who need to carry around a great quantity of things, like tradespeople. People that are performing essential service roles, like emergency services. And people who need to access areas that aren't covered by transit or bike bc of their regionality. Realistically, most other people can go in other ways, and by them doing so it reduces the traffic for people who actually _need_ roads, and also means that we can shrink some roads to replace them with bike paths or tram/train lines.
"oh no we had to go around cars stuck in traffic! how will we cope! and we had to spend several extra seconds to do it we didnt plan on! THE HORROR!" insufferable bollocks
I hope you're never waiting for an ambulance that's blocked like the one in the video
Of for sure there bud. In reality you need fewer people period. Cities the size of New York are just bad.
You need better public transport and more polite people. Works fine in Amsterdam and every Japanese city
I love the way you presented this! I bike for transportation in the Bay Ridge area, and have been heckled to get off the sidewalk with huge SUV's actively using the sidewalks and crosswalks for parking. Happy to send you footage or collaborate somehow!
🦀🦀🦀The judge in the final lawsuit just ruled in thr MTA's favor. Congestion pricing here we come! 🦀🦀🦀
Bikes should have a full sized lane that can be used by emergency vehicles.
IMO they should just make all separated bike infrastructure 2 lanes wide. That way ebikes can pass regular ones, and there's enough room for emergency vehicles.
Never been, NYC looks nuts in these videos. Do police just... not give out tickets there? I guess I've seen similar videos for Melbourne, maybe just selection bias? Usually OK, sometimes much worse?
City cops don't have time for things like traffic enforcement.
there we go, this is exactly what I expect from your channel, this is what we need
I'm surprised you would make this statement; congestion pricing is not going to reduce cars or solve blocking the box/crosswalk. Less car lanes, more transportation (light rail taking up a lane), and protected bike lanes will.
Congestion pricing set high enough to keep the streets at capacity and not over capacity will help with traffic jams like this, and probably keep more space free in general.
Tons of people have been complaining about how the fee is too much for them. If even 10% of them are telling the truth, that would still amount to a noticeable reduction in traffic.
@@jordanb722 Agreed. We can't let those filthy poors do things like _drive_ during rush hour.
I truly envy that level of bicycle infrastructure, and it's mostly just paint!
I'm praying congestion pricing actually helps with people blocking the crosswalk/block. This example was egregiously bad, but I haven't lived in NYC in years so I don't know if it became normalised after covid.
So many junctions, the grid system is not as good as it's made out to be.
How are you able to color in vehicles in video? It’s very useful for pointing out all the vehicles by categories, like you did in the last couple videos.
It's a mixture of masking techniques in my video editor (DaVinci Resolve.) This one almost broke my computer trying to render the damn thing though
@@miser-micromobilitynyc3628 Lol
I'd be so happy if they let residents report the bike lane parking and then get a portion of the revenue. I think there was a bill to allow this that failed. Things like this were the city can spend $0 and make tons of revenue AND it makes the city safer and greener is such a no brainer.
Simple message clearly delivered. A great video showing the efficiency of bicycles and shows where we are in 2025 after the upward trend of NYC bike lane quality from Mayors Bloomberg and Adams.
"Cars are slow as hell" "lives in city where you you don't even need a car because everywhere is basically walking distance"
But one time when I was driving through a red light, I saw a cyclist running a stop sign.
A person who drives point to point within NYC in their own car has to be most wasteful individual. Slower and a lot of wasted time finding parking space that's not even close to destination. It's a dense city that should be for walking, cycling, kickscooting and riding metro. When I went to NYC, I park my car outside of the city and took the metro into the city.
Monkey see, monkey do.
b-but what about the gate jumpers!!!???
wow lot of selfcentered, -righteous commentors here
This is what I do lol
Speed and convienence was once used to sell the automobile. Are bike enthusiasts more car brained than they admit? Dedicated space is needed by car users for safety and optimum use of the vehicle. Are those users more bike brained than they know?
Bicycles make us stronger, cars make us poorer and weaker.
Now try passing them on the M1. Go on, be brave! Idiot.
THOSE GIANT FUCKING SUVS ARE THE PERFECT VEHICLE TO PICK UP 10LBS OF GROCERIES WITH!!!
"But if the bike lane didn't take away from the space for cars there wouldn't be congestion" Sincerely, A Car Brain
@nicdik - if your inane post didn't take up so much space in the thread there wouldn't be so much congestion
trust me my friend. there was congestion way before those bike lanes were installed. you can take away the bike lane and add two more car lanes and it will STILL be congested.
We need to convert more of our urban roads into transit corridors reserved exclusively for pedestrians, transit users, and cyclists. 🕺🏻
Ok but tell me how im supposed to conform to silly arbitrary social norms if im not getting around in the Right Way(TM)
The Downs-Thomson paradox in action.
Love this, though I bet there will be people pointing out that it's because it's New York City, well I live in a suburb of around 100k with one of those big wide roads(8 lanes plus 2 lanes on either side as a front for the houses) and in 3 miles a car that was waiting for a traffic light with me passes me again at the end of those 3 miles when they get on the highway and that's not even during rush hour, people have given me a ride on the same route I commute during rush hour and they take a few minutes longer. Car works when not everyone uses them.
Car centric planning is the stupidest thing ever, It will take decades to fix this mess...
With the right people in charge, that seems realistic. But luckily with our current government, we'll be on track within a few centuries!
I swear every video I see of American bike lanes makes me appreciate (newer) London bike lanes so much more.
I swear every comment I see from a British person about the US makes me appreciate this country so much more.
It looks like Londen bikes it ons the left side ;)
Just 250 people taking to that much space, what a waste
Bicycles deliver the freedom that car ads can only promise
So many of those car ads have bikes strapped to the car to represent that freedom.
I wanna get a motorbike but I am terrified of all the senile demented lobotomites in their giant fucking SUVs and trucks killing me, any advice?
*in cities. I bike a lot, and do most of my commute by bike. But you have no idea where these cars came from. They could've driven in from other cities. What would help is parking hubs around large city centers, and relying on bike/scooter/bus/trams for last stop travel.
@@marcob5374 TH-cam deleted my comment asking for biking safety advice around cars
I genuinely feel like any mode of transport which is yours gives you sense of freedom.
By what factor did you speed up the video?
Does it matter? The point is he's faster than the cars.
either way, he still proofed that cars outdated and are not supposed to be in urban areas. Cars should only be rural and ex-urban tool. Cities are being ruined by suburban commutes that drive their car all the way downtown.
@@Bspammer if you slow down to 0.5x then it's slower than real life and if you slow to 0.75x it's slightly slower so probably about 30%. You can try for yourself.
@@hks-lion It looks to me, judging from the apparent pace of pedestrians, that 0.4x gets us closer to IRL speed. But I agree, one should try it for oneself. From 59th Street to 38th Street down Second Avenue in Manhattan is about 1 mile (1.05 miles, according to Google Earth). 2 minutes per mile times 5/2 (i.e. divided by 0.4) gets us 5 minutes per mile, which is equivalent to 12 miles per hour - which is indeed a moderate pace that is plausible on a single-speed bike.
I wasn't trying to argue with the video, just asking by how much it was sped
NYC with the decently wide bike lanes and curb islands has never looked better. Still that parking lane should probably be more sidewalk space, except for some delivery and disabled spots.
Not only slow, but wildly selfish. Those drivers took up 80 percent of the public space along that route. Disgraceful.
Cars should not be allowed in urban areas (except emergency)
Not to mention the sound, smell, pollution, and danger they pose
I'm all for urbanism but I don't like moralizing it. It's not selfish to drive a car. People are just working in the system the way it is. We change the system and people stop seeming so "selfish." Moralizing systems leads to people becoming defensive, which works against progress.
@@iansun42 That is a good point. (But anybody with Grant on profile pic will most likely have a good point)
imagine driving in NYC couldn't be us
love arriving at a venue and asking for valet service as a joke. analog skateboards with ricta cloud wheels are a killer combo. they also have a lower risk for theft because of the learning curve.
OMG, there are still pick-ups in there! LOL
I would say that is more sad than funny
Bro, I need a pickup in downtown New York because what if I need to tow a boat, bro? Sure, it may only happen once every few years, but what if though bro? Yeah, really don't get why'd need a pickup in a city.
I don't think I've ever seen that amount of connected bike lane without a single car, cop, or delivery vehicle parked in it in a US city. I'm normally happy if there's only one obstruction per block. That's the part of this video that really blew me away.
And the fairly consistent bulbouts to shorten ped crossing distance too!
This video is filmed in nyc. This is a US city
Short distances commute should be only micro mobility, but there is one big problem usa is car desinged and one or even couple cities wont change that sadly
the USA isn't car designed. Most of our major cities were around before cars. They've been taken over by cars but they weren't designed for that.
That's the major thing most folks don't realize, the united states was built by the railroads and then bulldozed to accommodate the car. And it's only been sustainable due to subsidies and constant growth.
If there's one city in the US where you don't need a car, it's NYC.
What the fizzle of course you dont need a license to ride a bike or e bike. They can make a law all bikes must stop at the lights. Its like cars crash on they own nobody passes a law about it. People need to stop letting government take your rights away. You have the constitutional right to travel.