sorry for the rant. tldr: car-centric city admin sucks butt. feel free to skip the rest
This sentence is still so weird to read on a forum that is ostensibly populated by people who like cars.
tbh what I find weird is that you don't (want to?) distinguish between "people liking cars" and society being dependant on them, including (but not limited to) the abovementioned issues. the former very much suffers from the latter as well, I feel. if there were far less cars around, driving would be much more pleasant for everyone involved.
another thing in that same car-centric annoyance: BIL owns a swimming school. as such, a large part of his clientele is very young kids. his swimming school however is in a still developing area which, as of yet, does not have any sidewalks. if we go there, we still walk (because it's 1.5km, why would I ever drive that?), only to then feel threatened by asshats driving by way too close at 50, just because the city deemed it unnecessary to build a sidewalk. how is it even legal to have a street without a sidewalk?
the argument goes: but they're still building there so we'd have to clean the sidewalk and change it in places where people build their driveways - so what, make those people building there pay for that shit, but do your job and provide non-discriminatory infrastructure you morons!
People with strollers or wheelchairs can't use the sidewalk anymore;
as a person with a pram many times nowadays, I am getting more and more irritated by the inconsiderateness displayed by a vast majority of drivers (or rather: parkers). by law, in theory, as soon as I can't pass on the sidewalk with my pram anymore (or wheelchair), this should be considered endangerment (depending on the road in question, fair enough) and warrant towing tbh. otherwise those asshats won't learn anyway. sadly, the sidewalk-parking (where actually illegal) has been tolerated for so long, that the authorities will actively
refuse to do their job and just tell you to "suck it up and walk in the street" - right, fuck you, too.
your example is actually kinda nice, because the city decided to do something about it (ticket those asshats en masse), but in their endless privilege the inconsiderate asshats actually made the situation worse. also: still illegal (if the bus can't pass?) - I'd love to see what happens if the city keeps ticketing those now parking fully in the street.