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\u201cHouston is a car city,\u201d they say. That\u2019s not exactly by choice, though. Between fresh bike lanes getting jackhammered down to rubble, nightmare sidewalks to nowhere, and an insultingly inadequate public transportation system<\/a>, we\u2019re forced into being a car city. And when a population in the millions pumps the accelerator\u2026well, that\u2019s when the freeway<\/a> devolves into Fury Road. Stay safe out there, friends, and in the meantime, take a moment to (not) appreciate everything the local infrastructure<\/a> has (not) gifted us.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Freeway drag racers. <\/strong>We\u2019re spending too much time worrying about our own safety to be impressed by your lack of concern for it.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Crumbling sidewalks. <\/strong>Someday, an ADA lawyer is going to get really wealthy from suing the city for all its infractions against disabled Houstonians.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Critical Mass. <\/strong>Once a fantastic and thought-provoking bike event with an important \u201cshare the road\u201d message, it has now become a cesspool of edgelords actively trying to cause accidents.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Roundabouts. <\/strong>This isn\u2019t New England!\u00a0<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Demolishing bike lanes.<\/strong> Mayor Whitmire\u2019s sleep paralysis demon must be a BMX or something.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n SuperCabs everywhere.<\/strong> Unless you\u2019re an urban farmer or work in landscaping, there\u2019s no need to inconvenience other drivers with one of these low-visibility vehicular manslaughter mobiles.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Potholes.\u00a0<\/strong>Houston may be Space City, but that doesn\u2019t mean our roads have to resemble the surface of the moon.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Perpetual construction, part 1. <\/strong>It\u2019s necessary, yes, but could you maybe do a better job of cleaning up after? We can only afford to replace our tires so many times after running over discarded nails.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Perpetual construction, part 2. <\/strong>Disrupting access to beloved local\u00a0businesses without proper\u00a0support from the city.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n I-45 expansion.<\/strong> Destroying the East Side\u2019s architectural and cultural history, because god forbid we go with the safer, more convenient, and less environmentally devastating option of building additional Metro rail lines.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Honking at everything. <\/strong>No, we\u2019re not going to hook a left into oncoming traffic just because you sat on your horn. We assure you, the resulting crash will actually make you wait even longer.<\/p>\n NO MA\u2019AM<\/p>\n Mandatory valet parking in tiny lots. <\/strong>All that needlessly complicated maneuvering just for your car to end up in the parking space you\u2019re already standing next to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHouston is a car city,\u201d they say. That\u2019s not exactly by choice, though. Between fresh bike lanes getting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":513030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-513141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115887975068679528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HOU_0126_yes-maam_winter2_hnkmo4.jpg\"\/)
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