Originally Posted by
Giacomo 1
Don't mean to blame the bike infrastructure for all of the woes, because capacity and all of the new traffic regulations and obstructions are the main issue, but taking out lanes and parking and making sanitation pickup slower for bike lanes and their stations, is taking a toll on an already bad traffic situation city-wide.
By-the-way, my wife made it to and across the Williamsburg Bridge in only 20 minutes, which meant that it took nearly 2 hours to get to and into the Holland. Not a traffic agent or cop in sight. A 13 mile trip in 3 hrs. Ridiculous. Luckily Andrea only got on stage at 8:15, as my wife and daughter were just sitting down.
Sorry for my rants, I didn't mean to hijack this thread...
Giacomo, I'm just actually surprised that you cannot understand the logic that making it easier to drive a car, means more cars, which then makes it harder to drive. Always been the truth, regardless of how much whining the AAA does. More cars in NYC are not the answer to the area's transportation problems. Bikes are part of the solution. The CitiBike program helps with that problem.
And DO NOT complain to me about your taxes, which are typically a small percentage of what the suburbanite pays. NYC real estate taxes for homeowners are typically so much lower then in the suburbs. A $300,000 house in NYC is taxed typically at about $3600. I pay 3 times that. And I for one, had no problem with the city charging a commuter tax, it was such a minuscule amount to begin with as well as a tax deduction. I am all for paying to support the infrastructure, which a portion of my taxes to the State of NY does in any event (including to NYC). So every time you leave the city to drive ANYWHERE else, how about just staying home instead, we don't want the citiots out here anymore then you want us in the city.
If I worked somewhere else in Brooklyn, I'd commute by mass transit. I happen to be at least 1:40 or so by LIRR and Subway, so mass transit is not really a good option. Plus I work late nights and weekends, so chose to live where I do so as to allow use of a car to get to work. If I worked in Manhattan, the LIRR would be the best - if expensive, option. But I certainly would not drive. And the bottom line is you choose to live in a congested metro area and choose to drive, so too friggin bad, suck it up and deal with it, it's your choice as well.