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Originally Posted by k1052
While MNRR or LIRR run through a bunch of hoods it's not necessarily a given that enough people can actually afford to utilize those services at current pricing.
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Agreed, but that can be fixed. Cityticket already offers lower fares and can be expanded. And those areas tend to be affluent, so it isn't like you have lots of poor folks in, say, Douglaston, or Riverdale, without transit options.
And there are always the cheaper options of express buses or the local buses to the closest subway stop. Someone in, say, Mill Basin can take the bus to the end of the nearest train line, or take an express bus directly to Manhattan.
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Originally Posted by k1052
Permit parking and tow absolutely anything not registered in the zone. All hourly parking to a demand model and rates rising with CPI annually. More loading zones...a shit ton more. Impound all sidewalk parkers. Eliminate the entire placard program.
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Agree with all this 100%. Congestion pricing should just be the first step to a rational regional mobility plan.
And, yeah, sidewalks, especially the avenues in Manhattan, desperately need to be widened. Some, like Lex, 3rd, 2nd and 8th are ridiculous relevant to road width and pedestrian demand. They were all shrunk in the 40's and 50's. It's time to take the space back.