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I thought this would make for an interesting thread. For the purposes of this thread, let's assume the following.
You have a dedicated parking space at your place of residence.
You have a dedicated parking space near your job (paid for by your employer).
Your employer picks up your EZPass bill.
Assuming the aforementioned to be true, would you own a car in NYC (assuming you don't already)? If so, would you drive to work? Why or why not? How much would you drive for non-commuting purposes (i.e., movies, shopping, dinner, etc.)?
I have a car but I work in the city so I only really drive on weekends. But for me its too much stress to drive to work, no matter where my place of employment is. I can read the daily news on my phone or take a quick nap on the train.
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I own a car as well, but agree with SeventhFloor the stress is just too much. Plus it would take longer to drive to work than it takes taking public transportation. I drive for everything else.
I would want to drive from one place to the other (with either place being in NYC, not necessarily both) only if it had absolutely no effect on bus service (that includes whatever traffic signals, stop signs, and whatnot that buses have to deal with being on the road on account of my vehicle's presence on the road!), I did not have to deal with heavy traffic, and I did not have to park the thing on the street..or my parking the thing on the street would have absolutely no impact on whether vehicles double parked on streets where buses run.
I would want to drive from one place to the other (with either place being in NYC, not necessarily both) only if it had absolutely no effect on bus service (that includes whatever traffic signals, stop signs, and whatnot that buses have to deal with being on the road on account of my vehicle's presence on the road!), I did not have to deal with heavy traffic, and I did not have to park the thing on the street..or my parking the thing on the street would have absolutely no impact on whether vehicles double parked on streets where buses run.
So you can plan your travels accordingly so that you drive on as few bus routes as possible if its such importance to you.
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I have a car but I work in the city so I only really drive on weekends. But for me its too much stress to drive to work, no matter where my place of employment is. I can read the daily news on my phone or take a quick nap on the train.
Same for me. Train station's just a 10 minute walk away and I'm at my desk in an hour.
So you can plan your travels accordingly so that you drive on as few bus routes as possible if its such importance to you.
hey, long time no talk!
it is not that simple SF. the more green signal time you have to give the traffic crossing the street on which the bus runs, the more red signal time you have to give to the street on which the bus runs.
I take the train or bike to work. I only drove when my wife was like 7 or 8 months pregnant and still working. Amazing how people don't give up their seats on the train.
I have a car but I work in the city so I only really drive on weekends. But for me its too much stress to drive to work, no matter where my place of employment is. I can read the daily news on my phone or take a quick nap on the train.
Same here. MUCH easier to use mass transit in a place like NYC. My car comes in handy when I need to do things like go to Home Depot, Target, the (super) grocery store, or visit people/places that aren't in an area well serviced by mass transit. I say this about having a car in NYC. It comes in handy when you need it, although you don't really need it but I am glad I have it.
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