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They could be illegally transferring loads to smaller trucks in the expensive outer boroughs, or legally in Westchester and NJ where land is cheaper. It makes n

They could be illegally transferring loads to smaller trucks in the expensive outer boroughs, or legally in Westchester and NJ where land is cheaper. It makes no difference to my point, which is: There are almost no big trailers delivering goods to Manhattan. It works well, just like it works well all over the world. It allows people to move around more quickly and safely. It works well even though Manhattan is ~1% of the US population and doesn't dominate economically to the extent of some world cities. It's certainly not "unsafe" (?!) for the residents of Manhattan (a direct quote). I don't know what "unpragmatic" means when applied to a system that works. Banning big trucks from places where there isn't room and they get in the way is great. I hope they ban them in more places. I hope they ban anything bigger than a Transit van. I hope they transfer enforcement to a less corrupt, lazy, anti-city/pro-suburb agency than the NYPD. In short: big trucks in cities suck. I'm done.

notch656a 5y ago
> It allows people to move around more quickly and safely. It works well even though Manhattan is ~1% of the US population and doesn't dominate economically to the extent of some world cities. >There are almost no big trailers delivering goods to Manhattan You keep focusing on Manhattan. We were talking about a regulation applying to NYC as a whole. If no one wants or finds it economical to take these trucks in, then the regulation isn't needed. Therefore you should be fine with deregulating truck length. >I don't know what "unpragmatic" means when applied to a system that works. A system that works so well, that people have to work around it, to the complaint of one New Yorker. >It's certainly not "unsafe" (?!) for the residents of Manhattan (a direct quote). An intentional misrepresentation, and modification of my quote; but nice that you cowardly run away "I'm done" after quoting me in this manner. > I hope they ban them in more places. I hope they ban anything bigger than a Transit van. You hope for a lot of odd things. I could hope you are banned from NYC, but instead of hoping bad things against people I'd rather just allow people to live and come in with the trailers that keep things simple and pragmatic for the trucking industry so truckers don't become an even rarer commodity at the expense of a few unusually fearful minority of New Yorkers.
- williamsmj 5y ago
  "You keep focusing on Manhattan." Because we were talking about what effect a ban on large trailers would have, and that's the only place in the US where there are no large trailers. We could have talked about ~all the capital cities of Europe if you'd preferred. Or the entire island of Britain. "An intentional misrepresentation, and modification of my quote" Well, it doesn't get better when I quote the full sentence, but here it is: "Lol do you know how unsafe it would be for 'non-driving' residents if trailers can't unload food and necessary items to NYC?". Large trailers can't unload in Manhattan. 53' trailers can't even be on freeways in much of Europe. It's not unsafe. No one starves.
  - notch656a 5y ago
    Well if Manhattan is the only place in US not getting a net benefit from large trailers, you pretty much proved the point of how dumb it would be to enforce a ban on these trailers on the whole of NYC. Manhattan is just one borough of NYC. The regulation is pointless if the truckers already don't go there -- those who go there by accident would have broken the law anyway (didn't mean to go there) and those who are intentionally going somewhere to unload never end up there because by your own statement they can't even unload. Let the trucks go on to the outer boroughs so those in Manhattan can keep benefitting and buying the goods that come off these trailers. NYPD are apparently acting 100% rationally and sober here by choosing not to enforce this regulation, and you've done nothing but systematically prove that point.

notch656a 5y ago

> It allows people to move around more quickly and safely. It works well even though Manhattan is ~1% of the US population and doesn't dominate economically to the extent of some world cities. >There are almost no big trailers delivering goods to Manhattan You keep focusing on Manhattan. We were talking about a regulation applying to NYC as a whole. If no one wants or finds it economical to take these trucks in, then the regulation isn't needed. Therefore you should be fine with deregulating truck length. >I don't know what "unpragmatic" means when applied to a system that works. A system that works so well, that people have to work around it, to the complaint of one New Yorker. >It's certainly not "unsafe" (?!) for the residents of Manhattan (a direct quote). An intentional misrepresentation, and modification of my quote; but nice that you cowardly run away "I'm done" after quoting me in this manner. > I hope they ban them in more places. I hope they ban anything bigger than a Transit van. You hope for a lot of odd things. I could hope you are banned from NYC, but instead of hoping bad things against people I'd rather just allow people to live and come in with the trailers that keep things simple and pragmatic for the trucking industry so truckers don't become an even rarer commodity at the expense of a few unusually fearful minority of New Yorkers.

williamsmj 5y ago
"You keep focusing on Manhattan." Because we were talking about what effect a ban on large trailers would have, and that's the only place in the US where there are no large trailers. We could have talked about ~all the capital cities of Europe if you'd preferred. Or the entire island of Britain. "An intentional misrepresentation, and modification of my quote" Well, it doesn't get better when I quote the full sentence, but here it is: "Lol do you know how unsafe it would be for 'non-driving' residents if trailers can't unload food and necessary items to NYC?". Large trailers can't unload in Manhattan. 53' trailers can't even be on freeways in much of Europe. It's not unsafe. No one starves.
- notch656a 5y ago
  Well if Manhattan is the only place in US not getting a net benefit from large trailers, you pretty much proved the point of how dumb it would be to enforce a ban on these trailers on the whole of NYC. Manhattan is just one borough of NYC. The regulation is pointless if the truckers already don't go there -- those who go there by accident would have broken the law anyway (didn't mean to go there) and those who are intentionally going somewhere to unload never end up there because by your own statement they can't even unload. Let the trucks go on to the outer boroughs so those in Manhattan can keep benefitting and buying the goods that come off these trailers. NYPD are apparently acting 100% rationally and sober here by choosing not to enforce this regulation, and you've done nothing but systematically prove that point.