You’re basing this off of the current situation.

I’m talking about when everyone stops driving and begins relying on mass transportation, deliveries and ride-shares to get things done.

Currently yes, but what happens when everyone abandons personal cars and become dependent on public transportation, ride-shares and deliveries?

Because people will still need to do the things they did when owning a car.

You’re referring to the brake dust (metal and rubber) produced by buses and subway cars, correct?

So much for saving the environment.

Imagine having to carry that binder back and forth on the train.

Biking is actually safer the further you get away from Manhattan. The streets are wider and the rare trucks that do show up, stick to the main avenues and boulevards where the businesses are.

Funny thing is those businesses usually have parking lots where the trucks can park away from the street to offload.

The buses are unreliable because the nearest subway station isn’t close by. The bus stops every other block to pickup/drop off passengers. You might have to take a bus in the opposite direction of where you need to go, because that’s how the city planned the routes.

If you drive in these areas you know buses don’t give a fuck about cars, they don’t have a problem cutting you off as they pull away from the curb.

What makes you think drivers don’t suffer as much as everyone else?

I actually like the light-rail option, reminds me of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Street. Which also has busy intersections. What’s stopping the city from adding the light rails now?

The tunnels underneath could be well lit and connected to the subway stations below like a lot of subway stations in Manhattan around time square, Rockefeller, Penn station and Grand Central station.

How has it been ruined by cars? What was it like before cars?

The city could easily build paths underneath/above the roadway for pedestrians. Just like they do for the LIE and Van Wyck Expressway nearby.

I actually grew up here and live in the city. You think the entirety of NYC looks like Manhattan and it’s far from the truth.

I feel like you’re not familiar with r/nycbike and r/micromobilitynyc or even live in NYC for that matter.

That’s all the more reason why cyclist should be discouraging other riders from playing stupid games with drivers. Blowing a red light puts you in direct danger of getting hit.

Stop encouraging cyclist to bust mirrors, scratch paint, dent panels, purposely slow down in front of drivers. Shit like that should be downvoted, but it’s not.

The NYPost doesn’t represent NYC residents.

Show me the NYCCars sub or an offline group of car owners defending asshole drivers. As a driver I can attest we’re constantly cussing each other out in public.

Cyclist will defend another rider who engaged in road rage with a car and almost lost their life in the process.

And guess what, as a driver I don’t like it either, but I also won’t defend their actions. I’ve said it before everyone can be assholes, pedestrians, cyclist and drivers, even bus drivers.

Guess which ones have a means of being tracked down and ticketed for running said red light? I’m sure you know which one based on a certain link always shared to look up moving and parking violations.

They’re hypocrites, they want everyone else to follow the laws except them. Traffic signs and lights are just suggestions for them. Asking them to contribute anything financially sets them off.

Are we talking about adding more space or not?

See that’s the thing, it depends on who you’re talking to. Just like the the demand for more housing in Long Island near LIRR stations isn’t welcomed there.

Removing a personal mode of rapid transportation without expanding another alternative mode of rapid transportation is setting the city up for failure. The MTA can barely keep up, they experience “train traffic”.

Using induced demand as an argument against expanding the BQE, only means you’re also against building more housing because it attracts more residents.

So you think it’s okay that transplants move into a neighborhood and consciously not acknowledge their neighbors or even try to get to know anyone from the community?

The complaints about white flight were real. People moved away because they didn’t want to integrate, not because they were being priced out or couldn’t afford to live there anymore.

> Long-standing inner-city majority Black, Asian and Latino neighborhoods are becoming whiter, as the reverse occurred in traditionally white “semi-suburban” areas in outer boroughs.

no duh! It’s called gentrification. Now how many of those new neighbors speak to the people in the community? Won’t even make eye contact with you…

> The study, published by the Washington Post, found that for every 91 white friends a white American has, they have only one black friend, one Asian friend, one Latino friend, one mixed-race friend, and three friends of unknown race. Comparatively, the average black American has 8 white friends for every 83 black friends. - 75% of White People Can’t Even Use the ‘I’m Not Racist, I Have a Black Friend’ Defense

So you think the city should punish remote workers and reward anyone living outside of city limits as long as they physically come into work?

All of this is dumb. Remote and In-Person, should be paid the same…

If you grew up here, you know people that got city jobs and moved to Long Island, NJ, and PA. Because their argument is, cost of living is cheaper, QoL is better for their kids. They’re the original remote workers.

They’re willing to drive back and forth into the city everyday for the salary and the city doesn’t give a fuck to stop it.

Definitely on the high end, because of OP age, under 25, and depending on what borough they live in.

> Children, this is what happens to your brain when you orient everything in your life around cars.

Glad you said it and not me, I’m conversing with kids who haven’t lived long enough to see the ebbs and flow of NYC population/hype/cultural shifts.