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A lot of the traffic is caused by cabs and trucks anyways...
And Yet we keep pushing more and more cabs onto the streets , there are more cabs then buses and trucks combined outrageous since they rarely go into the outer boroughs... NYC seems to be one of the few cities with great transit that has way to many cabs. When i visited DC or Toronto there weren't that many cabs...
And Yet we keep pushing more and more cabs onto the streets , there are more cabs then buses and trucks combined outrageous since they rarely go into the outer boroughs... NYC seems to be one of the few cities with great transit that has way to many cabs. When i visited DC or Toronto there weren't that many cabs...
I would point out geography but then again they primarily congregate in our two largest CBDs. NYC is a fast city, we want to get from one side of Midtown to another in 5 minutes, no longer. That seems the case in those areas at least.
I would point out geography but then again they primarily congregate in our two largest CBDs. NYC is a fast city, we want to get from one side of Midtown to another in 5 minutes, no longer. That seems the case in those areas at least.
But we don't need all these cabs...other cities function with far less cabs like Seattle or SF or Toronto...
The infrastructure necessary to sustain our bridges, highways, extra, FAR outweighs that of pedestrians and bicycleist.
This is very true- however when it comes to mass transit it is a total flop.
While it may be more sustainable, green, and welfare minded- private vehicles, combined private or public roads- cost less to the non-user than public transit.
Public transit is subsidized by the federal, state, and city government with monies collected from private vehicle sales, ownership, registration, car rentals, sit-downs in cabs, licensing fees, gasoline taxes, and automotive manufacturer corporate taxes.
Manhattan can not function if everyone has a car.
Yet if everyone who lived there chose not to- then once again, the system would collapse.
Drivers must exist, and be screwed by the gov't, to fund the public transit.
Old thread but more relevant than ever. I for one like to see the Move NY plan go somewhere, with the possible exception of the idea to toll cars already in Manhattan crossing 60th street. That might be taking it too far and IMO might be unnecessary anyway. Just tolling the free East River crossings would punitive enough I think.
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