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The problem I see is most cities just don't have the public transportation infrastructure to pull something off like this. I lived in Atlanta for a while and p
by _fat_santa 1y ago
The problem I see is most cities just don't have the public transportation infrastructure to pull something off like this.
I lived in Atlanta for a while and public transport there was just not built up enough where someone could use it productively. Now I live in Denver and the situation here is even worse.
I would LOVE to be able to not use my car for every day transportation (and I say that as a diehard gearhead), but in most places it's just such an inconvenience that it's not worth it.
The reason this plan works in NYC is they already have all that infrastructure.
- queenkjuul 1y agoWish they'd do it here in Chicago. Put the money straight into CTA capital projects and everybody wins (except the suburbs)
- haswell 1y agoWith the current CTA budget problems, they’re going to need to figure something out soon. But unfortunately I don’t think they’d ever manage to implement this. It’s hard to imagine how they’d physically set this up.
- turnsout 1y agoIt's a chicken and egg problem, but ideally they would use the congestion revenue to fund public transit improvements. If we do nothing, Atlanta and Denver will continue to be car cities forever.