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Wow the utopian community was Manhattan. This thing is so one sided. NO way in hell I agree that NYC is the most greenest city in America. This city is far from being a green city, not only that but wouldnt be nice to have the stars under the city at night? The city needs to work on light pollution, also the city needs to work on noise pollution. In order for the city to be green, the city needs to retro fit all of its buildings, such as office buildings, stadiums, housing pjs, places of worship, coops, condos you name it with energy saving or cost cutting devices like solar panels, windmills, or special absorbant or reflective paint. WHen I was taking a short cut through central park, I had the honor of telling a eco tourist that Central park is out of touch with nature, because the park is surroneded by tall buildings, and tourist and runners galore, he said I was right. I told him check out Van courtland park in the BRonx or Jamaica wild life preserve for bird watching. But NYC is far from being a green city even with bloomberg farsided vision of a green future city.
Wow the utopian community was Manhattan. This thing is so one sided. NO way in hell I agree that NYC is the most greenest city in America. This city is far from being a green city, not only that but wouldnt be nice to have the stars under the city at night? The city needs to work on light pollution, also the city needs to work on noise pollution. In order for the city to be green, the city needs to retro fit all of its buildings, such as office buildings, stadiums, housing pjs, places of worship, coops, condos you name it with energy saving or cost cutting devices like solar panels, windmills, or special absorbant or reflective paint. WHen I was taking a short cut through central park, I had the honor of telling a eco tourist that Central park is out of touch with nature, because the park is surroneded by tall buildings, and tourist and runners galore, he said I was right. I told him check out Van courtland park in the BRonx or Jamaica wild life preserve for bird watching. But NYC is far from being a green city even with bloomberg farsided vision of a green future city.
Did you read the article? He means NYC is greener by using less energy and resources, not that it feels natural. City buildings use less energy by being in the city (less need to drive to the, one big building has less heating needs than the same space in smaller building) that even without special energy efficient equipment or solar panels they are greener than suburban buildings.
- Direct subway access to Manhattan
* Who's going to pay for the tunnel or bridge?
- Better subway access in the 4 boroughs
* Who's going to pay for it? How are you going to convince the NIMBYs to let you run a subway down their street?
- Congestion pricing
* Too much political pressure against it at the moment. Hopefully it'll change in the near future.
- New Jersey subway expansion
* Since Chris Christie pulled the plug on the ARC project, there were preliminary talks about using the money to extend the 7 line into NJ. Not sure if this has progressed or not.
I think San Francisco has to be the greenest in the country, everyone over there drives hybrid, bikes, or use public transit. If you drive an SUV in that city you'll be looked down upon.
- Direct subway access to Manhattan
* Who's going to pay for the tunnel or bridge?
Now these are things I would like, but that should have been included decades ago with the usual payment methods.
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- Better subway access in the 4 boroughs
* Who's going to pay for it? How are you going to convince the NIMBYs to let you run a subway down their street?
Third Ave El never should have been torn down and the extensions will hopefully come with time.
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- Congestion pricing
* Too much political pressure against it at the moment. Hopefully it'll change in the near future.
I hope so, we are only missing out.
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- New Jersey subway expansion
* Since Chris Christie pulled the plug on the ARC project, there were preliminary talks about using the money to extend the 7 line into NJ. Not sure if this has progressed or not.
Hopefully it will, would reduce traffic (+pollution) significantly.
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I think San Francisco has to be the greenest in the country, everyone over there drives hybrid, bikes, or use public transit. If you drive an SUV in that city you'll be looked down upon.
San Fransisco has higher car ownership than NYC, less mass transit usage and not as dense, more sprawled. Not everyone owns a hybrid but the city is pushing for electric cars hard with a brand new infrastructure for charging.
Wow the utopian community was Manhattan. This thing is so one sided. NO way in hell I agree that NYC is the most greenest city in America. This city is far from being a green city, not only that but wouldnt be nice to have the stars under the city at night? The city needs to work on light pollution, also the city needs to work on noise pollution. In order for the city to be green, the city needs to retro fit all of its buildings, such as office buildings, stadiums, housing pjs, places of worship, coops, condos you name it with energy saving or cost cutting devices like solar panels, windmills, or special absorbant or reflective paint. WHen I was taking a short cut through central park, I had the honor of telling a eco tourist that Central park is out of touch with nature, because the park is surroneded by tall buildings, and tourist and runners galore, he said I was right. I told him check out Van courtland park in the BRonx or Jamaica wild life preserve for bird watching. But NYC is far from being a green city even with bloomberg farsided vision of a green future city.
I've gotta agree. Living in NY my whole life, there is NO way ny is green friendly, mabe Cali or FL but not NY.
I've gotta agree. Living in NY my whole life, there is NO way ny is green friendly, mabe Cali or FL but not NY.
Can you explain what points you disagree with from the article?
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