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how much private car usage is there, actually, in Manhattan?
by egocodedinsol 11y ago
how much private car usage is there, actually, in Manhattan?
- mizchief2 11y agoNobody drives; there is too much traffic
- ghaff 11y agoLow as a percentage but still significant. According to this (http://www.nycedc.com/blog-entry/new-yorkers-and-cars http://www.nycedc.com/blog-entry/new-yorkers-and-cars) only 23% of Manhattanites own a car. Of course, that's still a lot of cars and also doesn't account for commuters driving into the city.
- smackfu 11y agoIf you own an apartment in Manhattan and a house somewhere else, and have a car at the somewhere else (which is very common), would that count as a Manhattanite owning a car?
- MrApathy 11y agoQuite a lot, actually. Certainly relative to almost all other areas of the country the rate of car ownership is low, but the streets are so packed with parked cars that many vehicle owners are willing to pay for private storage with monthly rental rates that are typically between $450 and $600. My impression, though, is that most car owners are not using their cars for intra-Manhattan travel, which is what Uber is doing a lot of. Rather they're using their cars to travel to NJ, upstate NY, Long Island, or other areas where taking an Uber isn't practical.