parkerpyne t1_j304riq wrote
Reply to comment by MillennialNightmare in Traffic study by former head of NYC DOT reveals what he says is ultimate cause of congestion by HEIMDVLLR
> While TLC plates make up a ton of cars on the road, the increase in personal car ownership has made parking a nightmare.
Has personal car ownership actually increased?
I am asking because back like eight or so years I ago I foolishly took a friend's car (she had just moved from Woodside to Manhattan on that day) and drove it back to Astoria to park it there at like 1:30 AM. I wound up driving around for 45 minutes like an idiot until I finally found a spot where I could park it.
End of July of 2022 I bought I car myself as I am in the process of moving out of the city and I don't find the parking situation in Astoria to be any worse (nor better) than it was back then. I wouldn't have wanted to own a car back then and I still don't want to and subsequently don't use my car unless I absolutely have to.
TeamMisha t1_j30e0m5 wrote
It should be on google but I believe car registrations were up citywide during pandemic, check state dmv.
parkerpyne t1_j30kg12 wrote
Hmmh, yeah, maybe. Should be said that I registered my car during that pandemic, too. But as explained, that wasn't because I consider it a viable conveyance in NYC and it was in preparation of a move away.
I reckon the weird migration streams that the pandemic created (I have a new pair of neighbors in my house that moved here from South Carolina and so far own a car) are skewing the numbers a bit. Once everything settles down, I reckon the numbers will be roughly what they were before.
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Desterado t1_j30ucpy wrote
16 percent eh? Where’s this number coming from
Training_Wealth_3062 t1_j30ktgf wrote
You can definitely tax and penalize people into not owning cars. Look at the Netherlands. It wasn't always a nearly car-free paradise. That's what we should aim for.
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