He can tell you how it rewards congestion, keeps subways and buses in a state of decrepitude, and breeds resentment.
It would increase the numbers of pedestrian and bicycle commuters between Brooklyn and Manhattan, cutting congestion on subways, roads and the tourist-mobbed Brooklyn Bridge.
One official said the primary use would be to detect and ease traffic and subway congestion.
Ms. Hudson called the deal half-baked and one that would have increased subway congestion and driven up rents.
One lawyer said her firm told employees either to stay home or join the fray, because no clients were willing to brave the traffic and subway congestion.
Trump Place, Donald Trump's development near the Hudson south of 72nd Street, still stirs controversy, but along with more congestion at the subway station at 72nd and Broadway, now being expanded, and blocked river views came the development of Riverside Park south of 72nd and a fishing pier.
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"A 12-month pause on new for-hire vehicle licenses will leave New Yorkers stranded while doing nothing to prevent congestion, fix the subways, and help struggling taxi medallion owners," Uber spokesperson Danielle Filson said in a statement to VICE.
Can you imagine such people saying, "Sure we'll help reduce Manhattan's congestion by taking the subway to work"?
The Second Avenue line has been envisioned since the 1960's as a way to ease congestion on the Lexington Avenue subway lines and East Side bus routes.
