I get it, removed from context. But if you consider only 22% of NYC Households own a car, all the free parking and car infrastructure is genuinely mostly from people who commute in.
I know a person who used to commute to Manhattan from somewhere in New Jersey. It was something like a 30 drive on a good day, but any type of public transportation would take over 3 hours.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, especially in NYC there's a real problem with being priced out of the city and being forced to car commute by car. But there's also still the problem with suburban flight and those people thinking the city should be designed for them first and foremost, which it basically is.
It's a complex issue to tackle, but I still think Sam here makes a correct point. 88% of New Yorkians basically subsidize all kinds of car infrastructure for not only little personal gain (like commercial vehicles) but personal detriment.
That's a lot cooler than what I thought he was saying
I get it, removed from context. But if you consider only 22% of NYC Households own a car, all the free parking and car infrastructure is genuinely mostly from people who commute in.
I know a person who used to commute to Manhattan from somewhere in New Jersey. It was something like a 30 drive on a good day, but any type of public transportation would take over 3 hours.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, especially in NYC there's a real problem with being priced out of the city and being forced to car commute by car. But there's also still the problem with suburban flight and those people thinking the city should be designed for them first and foremost, which it basically is.
It's a complex issue to tackle, but I still think Sam here makes a correct point. 88% of New Yorkians basically subsidize all kinds of car infrastructure for not only little personal gain (like commercial vehicles) but personal detriment.