yakofnyc
yakofnyc t1_j9ar8uv wrote
Reply to comment by anonyuser415 in Ahead of potential presidential bid, DeSantis heads to New York for law enforcement event by irish_fellow_nyc
Remember when conservatives used to talk about "common sense"?
yakofnyc t1_j604i1q wrote
If the result of articles like this is to make people gun shy of building new transit, it's incredibly damaging. Even if the benefit per rider seems low (and it's not as low as they make it sound in this article) you have to aggregate over millions of people taking many millions of trips over many years. It's hard for transit projects to not be worth the cost, even if we're paying a lot more than we should be.
That said, I'd vote for a candidate on any level of government who was serious about getting infrastructure cost in this country, and this city in particular, under control. This project needed to get built but we could have so much more a lot faster if we didn't have the highest building costs in the world.
yakofnyc t1_jas4viu wrote
Reply to comment by b1argg in SHOCKER: Mayor's private BQE meeting could divide Brooklyn politicians by psychothumbs
> resulting in massive traffic backups
Too many cars using the roads at the same time is what causes massive traffic backups. Add 6 new lanes and you'll still have massive traffic backups, as we see in LA. The solution to massive traffic backups is improved alternatives to driving, and more disincentives to driving such as congestion pricing.