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I do hate a lot of people, roughly 8 million or so according to the last census.
And just like last time someone attempted to call me out of shape because of my aversion to biking: donuts, along with most other unnatural and unclean foods, repulse me. My two vices, pizza and BBQ, put me on the bowl now everytime because of my normal diet. One doesn't have to be a flighty know it all to be in shape or eat right. Paratroopers rarely lose their fighting shape my friend.
I do hate a lot of people, roughly 8 million or so according to the last census.
And just like last time someone attempted to call me out of shape because of my aversion to biking: donuts, along with most other unnatural and unclean foods, repulse me. My two vices, pizza and BBQ, put me on the bowl now everytime because of my normal diet. One doesn't have to be a flighty know it all to be in shape or eat right. Paratroopers rarely lose their fighting shape my friend.
Lol!
I don't understand why you choose to live in NYC then. I guess Staten Island suffices for now if you wish to continue living an auto-centric lifestyle. Sucks you have to leave it like most residents since you guys lack dense, mixed use and commercial development (jobs).
There are a lot of places in America where you can maintain an automobile for relatively cheap and without half the headaches. NYC is not one of them. In fact it's only getting more expensive and more difficult to own a car here. NYC is about urbanity and walkabilty, not auto-centric policy and suburbanization.
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Originally Posted by nybbler
You know what they don't need? People like you telling them how to run their lives.
The problem here is that some people only think about "me". This is a city, a community, it's about "us".
Sometimes, it takes tough love (or traffic calming, congestion pricing, dedicated mass transit/bicycle lanes, increased gas tax, expensive registrations, HOV rules, eliminating parking minimums and creating caps.)
Hasn't gotten more expensive for me: I get a deep discount on the tolls, free parking at work (and home), my insurance hasn't changed in years and my step father is a mechanic. Attack other people, I'll never use that free metrocard (well not regularly at least).
Hasn't gotten more expensive for me: I get a deep discount on the tolls, free parking at work (and home), my insurance hasn't changed in years and my step father is a mechanic. Attack other people, I'll never use that free metrocard (well not regularly at least).
Interestingly enough, you threw yourself into the fray.
I have mentioned quite clearly on many threads; I would like to focus on communities that are already well served by mass transit. Basically I am voicing my support for policy like the recent Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan CBD zoning changes in terms of parking reductions, alternative forms of transit like bike share/bike infrastructure/ferries/SBS, MORE transit for under served neighborhoods, upzonings where necessary to create dense, walkable neighborhoods with housing and jobs. Even congestion pricing would balance out for someone from SI. Reduced toll at the Verrazano Bridge supplemented by East River tolls (to prevent Manhattan bound traffic and reduce congestion for those that require entry).
Of course, all you care about is yourself. As soon as you see population based proportions in terms of public space for drivers and non drivers you become a NIMBY.
"Screw those Manhattanites and their plazas! Screw those Brooklyn bike lanes! Screw SBS in the Bronx! Screw those Queens upzonings! I'm a driver and I DESERVE to drive here! It's my God given right! These are my roads, MINE!" "Hey, that's MY spot!
NYC subsidizes New York State. Our city wouldn't be able to sustain it's dense population (nor it's tax base) without it's mass transportation system. Almost half the total population of this state lives in the 5 boroughs, along with a greater share of business. Another large chunk of that population depends on the city directly for employment (metro area). Imagine New York State without NYC. A small price to pay.
NYC is an economic generator for the nation as a whole. Our GDP rivals nations.
... and this has what to do with the fact that drivers licenses and car rentals and car registrations in every NYS county has to subsidize the poor schmucks and narrow-minded liberals taking the subway or buses?
It's so easy to say we need better this or that, but $$$$ has to come from somewhere. Our fed. and state gov't absolutely should be investing in quality mass transit, but not at the cost of taking it from the people who DON'T use it- and that's the NYS scheme.
The payroll tax was a disgusting shame, and guess what... it was repealed and unconstitutional. If you want public transportation to get better, you can pay for it yourself.
Manhattan will never see a congestion charge until a Cross Sound Bridge is built and the Verazanno become free. Disrupting the interstate system and commerce act would cost NYS way more federal funding than they could make up with congestion charges. The state threw out the idea before, and will do it time and time again.
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