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I’m as pro-transit as anyone but I don’t foresee a future where we have no cars in Manhattan any time soon. Taxis do serve a purpose even with the best subway s

I’m as pro-transit as anyone but I don’t foresee a future where we have no cars in Manhattan any time soon. Taxis do serve a purpose even with the best subway system in the world, like when you need to go somewhere with more items than you can carry (as a parent of two young children this happens to me a lot more than it did in my twenties!) A Manhattan without private cars would still be a huge leap forward and feels more achievable (though neither feel achievable any time soon in absolute terms)

RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
> Taxis do serve a purpose even with the best subway system in the world And from what I have read, while Manhattan is the best Subway system in the United States, it is far from being the best in the world (see for example, Tokyo).
- afavour 5y ago
  Oh, definitely. It’s woefully underinvested and hasn’t seen large scale expansion in decades despite population growth. Not to mention the number of accessible stations is abysmal.
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    a ton of money is “invested” in the subway but none of it seems to be spent on the trains and tunnels…
Ericson2314 5y ago
> A Manhattan without private cars would still be a huge leap forward and feels more achievable Yes > (though neither feel achievable any time soon in absolute terms) Why? Only political reasons I think. I don't see any technology or capacity issue with no private cars. > (as a parent of two young children this happens to me a lot more than it did in my twenties!) Ride-share needs to include some cargo wagons. I am against childless-yuppie-focused transit initiatives too. We need to follow Europe's lead in making transit policy compatible with more demographics, or we will never overcome the current impasse.