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points by bragr 3 days ago | 0 comments

There's another side of stuff like this. People living up in the hills above LA near trail heads will put up fake no parking zones in front of their houses. People have gotten real tickets in fake zones.

[–] riffic 3 days ago

a counterexample of good tactical urbanism in Los Angeles People's Vision Zero, a group painting crosswalks where the city itself won't budge on safety demands (motonormativity is the rule)

https://www.reddit.com/r/BikeLA/comments/1pl8guj/i_started_a...

[–] GaryBluto 3 days ago

>painting crosswalks where the city itself won't budge

So, political vandals?

[–] riffic 3 days ago

direct action gets the goods.

If you haven't noticed this entire thread is about illicit infrastructure. There could be a moral argument to be had (which you are not making) but no one is denying the vandalism aspect.

[–] GaryBluto 3 days ago

But people obviously don't want the "goods", by and large. Otherwise the city would budge.

[–] samrus 3 days ago

Thats such a wild assumption. Your saying the government always folows the will of the public? Theres nothing people want that governments are giving them?

[–] mkaic 3 days ago

unless the city governance is in the pocket of the wealthiest members of the city's population, and those members don't want the goods. I witnessed this first hand in Los Angeles when I lived there.

[–] doctorpangloss 3 days ago

Crosswalks are popular. The issue is more complicated than you think.

[–] arijun 3 days ago

Huh? Are cities near you known for quick and easy-to-navigate bureaucratic processes?

[–] mbrameld 3 days ago

[citation needed]