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The fact is that congestion pricing is driving people to an unsafe alternative that will result in more autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, and cancer. Fix the public

The fact is that congestion pricing is driving people to an unsafe alternative that will result in more autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, and cancer. Fix the public transportation so that it's safe and more convenient and people will take the better option without the need to punish anyone.

aclatuts 2y ago
And living near a highway is linked to health issues like cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and MS. More cars and road is not more healthy. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3907023/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3907023/ https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/living-near-major-roads-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia-parkinsons-alzheimers-and-ms/ https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/living-near-major-roads-linked-t...
- autoexec 2y ago
  That's also true, but more people in Manhattan ride the subway than live live next to a highway and trading one pollution hazard for another isn't improving anything. It'd be a lot better to make the trains safe before forcing people onto them than to point to other people who are also being poisoned.
  - stouset 2y ago
    > It'd be a lot better to make the trains safe At this point it is clear you are trolling, either intentionally or not. You want to drive more people to cars, which are a leading cause of death in the United States. Trains don't even rank. We've tried for decades to make cars safer. They still kill more people than virtually everything other than heart disease, lung disease, and cancer (which themselves are all positively correlated with car use). Where is your concern about this?
    - autoexec 2y ago
      > You want to drive more people to cars, No, and I never said that. Acting as if I just want more people to drive cars would be like me acting as if you just want to gas the poors in subway tunnels all so that you have less traffic to deal with while you drive into the city in your car. By all means, let's get more people into trains and out of cars, but before we do that, let's remove the dangerously high levels of neurotoxin that makes the trains unsafe to use. It's not as if we can't, so why wouldn't we choose to?
9283409232 2y ago
This is a chicken egg problem. No one is demanding better public transit if the demand isn't there and we already know more cars are a problem. Congestion pricing increases demand for transit, takes cars off the road, and increases MTA funding to fix these issues. It is not perfect but it is better than cars sitting in Manhattan smogging up the air in traffic.

aclatuts 2y ago

And living near a highway is linked to health issues like cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and MS. More cars and road is not more healthy. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3907023/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3907023/ https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/living-near-major-roads-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia-parkinsons-alzheimers-and-ms/ https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/living-near-major-roads-linked-t...

autoexec 2y ago
That's also true, but more people in Manhattan ride the subway than live live next to a highway and trading one pollution hazard for another isn't improving anything. It'd be a lot better to make the trains safe before forcing people onto them than to point to other people who are also being poisoned.
- stouset 2y ago
  > It'd be a lot better to make the trains safe At this point it is clear you are trolling, either intentionally or not. You want to drive more people to cars, which are a leading cause of death in the United States. Trains don't even rank. We've tried for decades to make cars safer. They still kill more people than virtually everything other than heart disease, lung disease, and cancer (which themselves are all positively correlated with car use). Where is your concern about this?
  - autoexec 2y ago
    > You want to drive more people to cars, No, and I never said that. Acting as if I just want more people to drive cars would be like me acting as if you just want to gas the poors in subway tunnels all so that you have less traffic to deal with while you drive into the city in your car. By all means, let's get more people into trains and out of cars, but before we do that, let's remove the dangerously high levels of neurotoxin that makes the trains unsafe to use. It's not as if we can't, so why wouldn't we choose to?

9283409232 2y ago

This is a chicken egg problem. No one is demanding better public transit if the demand isn't there and we already know more cars are a problem. Congestion pricing increases demand for transit, takes cars off the road, and increases MTA funding to fix these issues. It is not perfect but it is better than cars sitting in Manhattan smogging up the air in traffic.