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Posted by R30A on Thu Jul 7 14:43:22 2016, in response to Re: Waiting for proof, posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 7 14:21:22 2016. "Of course there is evidence they are not valuing the time of car and truck drivers by initially proposing 26 left turn bans on Woodhaven Blvd amongst many other reasons."They wanted to ban those 26 left turns SOLELY BECAUSE THEY VALUE THE TIME OF CAR AND TRUCK DRIVERS. "DOT has not proved that the total number of minutes saved is greater than the total number of minutes lost." They have no obligation to do so. "Not only have cars lost considerable time, buses are also operating slower between Metropolitan and Furmanville." A. Project is not complete, so time differences now are meaningless. B. Buses are only operating slower BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL OPERATION OF CARS. "THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE TO ASSUME BUS PASSENGER TRIPS WILL BE 30 PECENT QUICKER when this is all said and done with as DOT has alleged." You assume such does not exist, without any justification whatsoever. "And you never talked about treating everyone equally. All you care about is preferential treatment for pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders." Yes. Considering the overwhelmingly unfair allocation of existing resources towards automobiles, it is absolutely essential to give preferential treatment to transit, pedestrians and cyclists. To give preferential treatment to transit pedestrians and cyclists is discriminating against nobody, as EVERYBODY is welcome and able to use those modes. Favoring cars is unacceptable, as a majority of this city does not have access to cars. FURTHERMORE, Transit users, bicyclists, and pedestrians do not cause the severe detrimental environmental effects that drivers do. "To say someone's time who earns a greater income is worth more than someone who earns a lesser income is not an elitist viewpoint." I can't think of many viewpoints which could more easily be considered elitist. "It is just the truth and how legal damages are determined. When someone is killed through someone else's negligence, the court determines how much is awarded by estimating how much money that person would have earned if he had lived out his full life. So if I am an elitist, our entire court system is as well." That has no real connection to this. It is valuing the time THEY SPEND WORKING differently, as presumably they are DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH DIFFERENT VALUES while at work. They are not doing different things when they are commuting. Furthermore, I don't believe your claim about the legal system is entirely correct anyway. |
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