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There are too many damn cars in this city now and parking garages taking up every available space.
Why not turn potential garages into homeless shelters? Why not do something to get cars OUT of the city and homeless people into shelters?
Remember congestion? Remember the greenhouse effect? I grew up in the Bronx without a car. I don't have a car now. You don't freaking need a car if you live in NYC.
Simply put, I hate this guy.
09/30/09
If a car can't find a spot, what's it doing? It's driving around LOOKING for a spot. What Bloomberg describes gets cars off the road and utilizes existing parking capacity more effectively. That creates LESS need for garages and roads, because it would increase the efficiency of New York's existing parking areas.
I do not understand how you could possibly be against this unless your hatred of this guy has flat-out blacked out your mind. Are you insane, or am I?
09/30/09
One disincentive to coming into the city (for bridge and tunnel people) used to be "no place to park." Now there is garage after garage after garage. So no issue about driving in.
One disincentive for city dwellers to own a car is the $$ it takes to garage one and/or alternate street parking. Take that away and guess what? More cars
Another disincentive for city dwellers with cars is that if they find a sweet space, they are not moving it (same as when I have guests from out of town, they find a good space and stay there all weekend).
Making parking easier puts MORE cars on the streets, not less.
09/30/09
The parking situation in this city is pathetic. And it's good for our economy and environment to make parking easier.
And why not open MORE garages so that there are more entry level jobs available for the poor, as well as giving drivers more options for parking?
Oh and the greenhouse effect was a myth. Notice how nobody talks about it anymore? It's all 'climate change' and 'carbon' now. In ten years it'll be something else.
09/30/09
NYC will be able to issue tickets via mail for parking fines just like they do for people who run red lights with the 3000 or so cameras around the city.
Its about revenue, not convenience.
09/30/09
Absent some sort of socioeconomic research on the demand/supply response cycle, I'm inclined to say that we'll have to agree to disagree.
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As for driving and public transit, you can hate Bloomberg all you want, but he came out with what is without doubt the most ambitious and intelligent set of proposals you'll find anywhere ([www.nyc.gov]). It's not really his fault that a lot of what he wanted to do required state action, and the state hasn't, well, acted.
Breaking news: people drive! And driving around looking for parking can be a significant contributor to congestion and air pollution. So making it more efficient is a good thing. (And, yes, it does play well politically in some neighborhoods.)
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Not so much in Riverdale. It's a big borough.
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Unless you're counting streets higher than, ohh, 130th, when were the poors™ ever able to afford Manhattan in the last 50 years?
Also, what's with all the school-produced propaganda on the wall behind Bloomberg?
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Affordable housing, not easier parking.
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And how do you propose you make housing affordable? I'm genuinely amused by this idea that property values and rents should decrease. What, so the city can become more congested?
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I'll give you an apple.
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Well, if that isn't the most un-self-aware use of "entitlement" ever. If you can't afford Manhattan, move. New York City wasn't built so you could have a quaint little apartment wherever you want.
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I don't want to be surrounded by any people, so I live in the suburbs. I'm completely class agnostic here, and the fact is that house prices are what they are unless you introduce subsidies. I'm not sure how responsible that is when the city is already quite full - New York City has immense congestion problems and shouldn't be incentivizing more immigration. There are plenty of other cities and economies, people, and you aren't owed a spot in town just because you find it a sexy place to live.
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(I have a car and I still think this sucks.)
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I hate everyone.
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