"Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could make driving in the Big Apple hell on wheels." -- as if traffic isn't already hellish in NYC and in every other major city on the planet.
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I’ve made the mistake of driving in manhattan once, and it taught me two things. How to maneuver within gridlocked traffic, and why you take the subway in NYC.
When they want to visit NYC, my in-laws will take a train for hours to avoid driving in the city and I absolutely don’t blame them. It’s the speed of a mall parking lot on Black Friday and the same stress as highway driving. I’d much rather deal with the fairly low chance of seeing a dude whip it out on the subway.
So true. And the chance two of us whipping it out? Astronomically low!
What Amsterdam did for visitors to the city, is put big parking lots at the edges of the city where you can park for really cheap on condition you combine it with a public transit ticket into the city. Much better than getting stuck in traffic and paying a small fortune to park in the center of the city.
Or of course you can take a train straight into the heart of the city.
We do have a lot of park and ride situations in the us as well, although struggle to make the transit part compelling in most places.
I assume nyc has them as well but it has several extensive rail networks so you’re likely to park in your own town to ride in. For example I parked in Massachusetts, LoL
Me too. I just went there this past weekend: hopped on Acela near my house, got off at Penn Station, walked to my hotel. No driving anywhere near Manhattan.
I am somewhat disappointed that everything was walkable this time, and I had no use for the subway. It may be loud, dirty and chaotic, but it’s functionally outstanding
I'm not sure about this. After driving in the DC area, it was refreshing in Manhattan to know exactly what everyone was going to do. But, you do need to be an assertive, maybe aggressive driver.
I like to use the expression "Assertive but predictable" when talking about city driving.
Chicago is very much like this too. When not gridlocked, I don’t mind driving in cities since the drivers are very predictable and polite (although impatient of you don’t commit). If convenient I’d still rather take a bus or train and not worry about it though.