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Re: Photo of NYC varnish at St. John's Park Terminal, Lower Manhattan |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Jul 27 19:31:58 2015, in response to Re: Photo of NYC varnish at St. John's Park Terminal, Lower Manhattan, posted by Bill West on Mon Jul 27 15:59:22 2015. Sir, I dissent on several points.First, as long as we talk either transit present, history or future, the politics of funding, service patterns, fares, etc are inextricably legitimate topics of discussion. Second, land use policies, which drive transport policy whether explicitly or merely in obedience to the laws of unforseen consequences, are also legitimate topics. Third, I completely disagree with your analysis of the quality of living in NYC. It is only in dense cities that there are enough people to support the diversity of cultural institutions/activities which one can enjoy in places such as NYC, Chicago, SF, LA... Not very many art film theaters in Bridgewater, Elburn, San Ramon, Lancaster. (suburbs or edge cities of those cities) I live a comfortable walk or quick transit ride from good live music venues, theaters showing films I like, ethic restaurants of wide variety (also about the same distance to BART as my East Village apt was to either the IND or IRT). While I do not wish to "compel" you to live in town, I do wish to "compel" you to pay for the pollution,land wasted on parking lots and multilane highways, the public health costs of auto exhaust and noise, the cost to the polity of auto deaths/trauma, and the "hidden" tax we all pay to sustain the oil cartel--both environmental degradation and the cost of USN fleets whose primary purpose is guarding our "friends" in the various oil patches. If you paid those "user fees" you might think twice about using your car. |
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