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> average travel speed in Midtown fell to 4.5 miles an hour in May, the lowest ever recorded for the month. 2024, he said, is on pace to be the worst year ever
by xyst 2y ago
> average travel speed in Midtown fell to 4.5 miles an hour in May, the lowest ever recorded for the month. 2024, he said, is on pace to be the worst year ever for traffic congestion.
American politics are holding the country back. Suburban areas are holding larger populations hostage.
We are facing a multitude of problems (ie, abortion, O&G regulation, climate change reversal) that see very little progress because of vocal minorities/gerrymandering.
- dcow 2y agoI’m not sure this is a NIMBY issue though. This is downstream of poor structural incentives for anything that could generate negative PR to happen in an election year. And thats less about voting precincts and more about career politicians. Responding to your other point, what people don’t understand is that for American politics to work you have to be okay globally with a checked oppression of minority viewpoints. The system doesn't work if every squeaky wheel has to be greased. And lately we seem to be spending our political and social capital protecting even the smallest minorities instead of taking big problems and working together to solve them on a state and country scale.