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Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again? |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Thu Sep 3 16:12:37 2015, in response to Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Thu Sep 3 14:21:01 2015. NYC is the one city in the US that really has the possibility of serving every person within the city limits with rapid transit. It's well on it's way to that, an expansion of subways and a couple little pieces of light rail would get it there.Trucks deliver stuff. Stuff can be delivered at night when people aren't driving around. I agree with not adding any ability for cars to drive to the CBD. Besides, there's nowhere to put them anyway. If anything, there should be increased tolling in generally, and specifically a congestion charge to get into Manhattan of at least $10. People who can afford to own a nice Mercedes in Manhattan and a place to park the thing can easily afford it, and everyone else should stay the hell out of Manhattan. I wish that taxis could be banned from Manhattan and the airports, but that would never go over, at least not until the whole medallion system totally collapses, but then you can't really control Uber and those such services. Taxis are an obnoxious blight on the city. Virtually all of the city is well served by the subway and busses anyway, so they are mostly for lazy people, and 100% for lazy people within Manhattan and the airports, all of which have transit or busses. |
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