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> If the city has any ambition to be a melting pot for all, it needs to allow everyone to coexist. Which is an excellent argument for public transport, the poi
by jamil7 7y ago
> If the city has any ambition to be a melting pot for all, it needs to allow everyone to coexist.
Which is an excellent argument for public transport, the point of it is to serve everyone rather than those who can afford to own and run a car and those how have the ability to drive.
I can't comment to NYC public transit but there are plenty of cities around the world with reliable and effecient public transport, don't write it off completely because NYC's is subpar. The idea is not to ban cars completely but to make taking alternatives easier and better than taking a car, in doing that we need to divert some of the money and land that cars have historically dominated.
- maxaf 7y ago> plenty of cities around the world with reliable and effecient public transport, don't write it off completely because NYC's is subpar. I'm certainly not writing off public transit as a concept. I'd love to be able to step out of my building, step into a magical conveyance that I didn't have to drive myself, and step out next to my destination. It's great that other cities managed to solve this problem, but I don't live in those other cities. Yes, NYC could right itself, and build more subway/tram/BRT lines, but this tends to take forever. I need to get places now. My life won't wait for the city to sort itself out.