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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Is nobody mentioning the fact that there are 4 lane roads surrounding the entire coffee shop? Like thats absolutely the least or one of the least efficient ways you could do urban planning. In areas similar to this where I live, the block sizes are at least like 5x wider and longer than whatever this is.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago

Great point, what sort of a hellscape is that!?

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People were getting annoyed at the queue, so they kept adding one more lane?

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Nah, they probably added more all around to make it "more convenient" for drivers to keep going straight and still get to the many different destinations possible, but they could just have one road and the drivers could head around a roundabout or something.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

They needed to spend millions to add an extra lane so it could handle the queue to the coffee shop. Unfortunately there was nothing left in the budget for bike lanes, it just wasn't a priority.