For the people saying “haha, fuck ai, such worthless garbage.” You should know that the headline is actually referring to industries impacted by AI working as expected by its hype-men.

But at the same time, we should remember that this is a just-so story. It is a post-hpc explaination given to explain a market dip. It doesn’t really mean that is why the market dipped.

I feel like this is fine, and I don’t really care. For one thing, this seems like a law that is almost impossible to enforce or prosecute - so it is just there for cops to have a reason to pull people over. And I doubt there is any epidemic of people voluntarily choosing to sit in traffic for fun. The shift away from auto dependence should be driven by creating walkable places that are economically productive and nice to be in - not by keeping weird, draconian laws just because they theoretically inconvenience some drivers.

I am once again asking for the use of pedestrian oriented infrastructure to slow car speeds instead of using Orwellian surveillance cameras

I mean… then the initiative will fail its stated goal to ease traffic congestion.

I suppose this project will take at least a decade. So they have some time to reform the areas being served. But if the areas around the train stops arent walkable, then few will take the train. After all, few people have 2 cars to leave at opposite ends of a rail line.

I’m not familiar with LA. I’m wondering if the places connected by this proposed rail line are already walkable - if not, ridership will likely fall well short of predictions.

Also, while federal and state funding would be nice, I think it should be noted that at it could at lease partly be funded by taxes on gas, tires, vehicle registrations, fees for parking or road use, and/or reallocation of funds for road and highway construction or maintenance.

Parking meters cost $2.50 per hour and day rates range from $5 to $16. It’s less than commercial lots, which can cost upwards of $30 per day in San Diego.

Honestly, not a bad rate. But still, the fees should be set in order to not cause public backlash (or at least minimize it), since this sort of public backlash is what kills walkability projects. And they definitely shouldn’t be imposed to create a new revenue stream to fund the park.

In the first year, the fees should be ludicrously cheap. Just get people used to getting out of their car and paying the fee. Then increase the fee modestly the next year, and then increase it to a reasonable rate the year after that. And after that, it can be used as a lever in specific lots to empty them, so they can then be torn up and used for something more useful than parking.

At the same time, transit in the area should be improved to ensure people can still get to the park quickly and easily.

dirigible?

ebikes.