Manhattan is not a disaster, it's a miracle: 1. except for midtown core, pm rush hour amd near NJ tunnel ramps, during the day cars travel almost as fast as an

Manhattan is not a disaster, it's a miracle: 1. except for midtown core, pm rush hour amd near NJ tunnel ramps, during the day cars travel almost as fast as any other mode, despite taking up so much more space than the effecient modes 2. This is perhaps the densest wealthiest place on the planet. The demand for driving is insanely high and tje available supply of space is insanely low. And for some incomprehensible reason there is no limit placed on driving whatsoever. Any yahoo with any car can drive in and out and around manhattan and park anywhere all for free(1). Under these insane conditions you'd expect average speeds to degrade to where walking is faster. Most of thr time kn most of Manhattan this doesn't happen. It's a huge success story. 3. There are better ways to slow down traffic than by preventing thru traffic. Just narrowing the road works wonders. As a pedestrian / cyclist i care about this a lot. There are scary roads in manhattan (eg avenues) but the very narrowest roads that are swingle lane between parked cars prevent a driver from going too fasr for fear of hitting the parked cars. (1) Tolls apply if they enter from NJ, but entering from new England or long island is free.