https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/bbcbd91f-ae69-4d57-80a6-291cf7869777 Austin Street in Forest Hills (Queens, NY) should really be car-free. It's not a very good through-route, as there's drivers doing stuff like pulling random u-turns, parallel parking, delivery trucks parking the travel lane(s), and just stopping. Here's a T intersection on Austin St with all-way stops. Ideally pedestrians should be prioritized, but it functions more like a free-for-all. You can see drivers illegally double-parked, doing u-turns in the intersection (nearly hitting pedestrians), parking illegally in the (paint-only) clear zone (blocking crosswalk visibility) on BOTH sides of the road, multiple drivers blocking crosswalks and curb ramps, and a motorcycle rider almost getting clipped by a wrong-way driver. Meanwhile, the sidewalks are SUPER narrow and crowded. I did not stake this out or edit this clip; I just walked by, shot one minute of video, and left. It's constantly like this. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:12:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://urbanists.video https://urbanists.video/lazy-static/avatars/5e1b0dd4-c5ba-4867-a44e-929495166d35.png https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/bbcbd91f-ae69-4d57-80a6-291cf7869777 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://urbanists.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://urbanists.video/w/pc1LWry9c5Nxda1147ZTLK;threadId=13 https://urbanists.video/w/pc1LWry9c5Nxda1147ZTLK;threadId=13 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 02:22:42 GMT @andres4ny I've always wanted to do this on Center Blvd in LIC, and also at earlier iterations of the hell crosswalk in Somerville (Mystic Ave) that I post about. Just sit out there with a tripod and a bucket of popcorn.

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