[Spooky23]

In a nearby suburban town, the GOP Chair forced a referendum on a road project.

New York has a complete streets program where bike lanes and pedestrian friendly crossings are included in most projects. Iirc 4-5 people have died crossing this road.

The call to action was that “those people” would use the bike lanes to leave the city, connect to the Democrat bike trail and rape, murder and rob the townsfolk.

Old fearful white people are terrified of this stuff.

[foco_tubi]

Yep. Beverly Hills and Bel Air used the same argument to rally against new subway development near UCLA.

[klaff]

So much racism.

[mothballed]

I think there's a good faith possibility here that the taxpayers just don't see themselves biking to "the hood" rather than some sinister plan against black people. I mean I wouldn't vote for a bike route to the white trash trailer park, not because I hate them but because there is no reason for me to bike there whereas I might bike to a nice gentrified district for some drinks.

I would reframe most things more in terms of "what will I gain" to see how voters to vote, and new opportunities or bridges to bike to the hood gains them basically nothing.

[maxerickson]

Do you think there is any way to convince you to value a broader community of people?

[Spooky23]

It’s actually a super popular bike route as it’s a 20 minute path to the central business district downtown. And again, 4-5 people have lost their lives in as many years.

In this case most of the hubbub was really about a pedestrian island that would block left turns to a business the guy was friends with. The woke people were out to get them for some reason, etc.

The racist dog whistle was very deliberate and targeted at Nextdoor. The messaging in more mainstream outlets was about lane width reductions causing a traffic nightmare. It was almost taken from Blazing Saddles.

[goatlover]

Maybe the "the hood" and "trailer park" people would alo like to be able to bike to other places in town, because they live there too?