Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown
by zjaffee on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:23PM
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True protected bike lanes with signaling priority that you see in cities like Seattle would be near impossible to implement in manhattan given that on all the wider crosstown streets downtown, there are major bus routes running along them that need a curb to pick people up at (although I'd also be happy just banning non commercial vehicles from lower manhattan in general where we implemented park and rides at all the closest subway/path stops).
Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown
by Regardsyjc on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:56PM
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Does anyone know what would be the best way to get these bike lanes? Is the only way to petition our local politicians or are there any other ways?
Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown
by CydeWeys on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:02PM
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More cyclists need to die.
Unfortunately I'm not joking -- a lot of the protected bike lanes we've gotten recently have been along stretches where cyclists (sometimesore than one) have died. That's what it takes to override the nimbyists in the local Community Boards.
But for a less morbid suggestion, you should join Transportation Alternatives (and its mailing lists!) and go to the Community Board meetings they send notices about where bike lanes will be debated. Every voice in favor helps. I've spoken at a bunch of em.
Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown
by caro_douglos on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:55PM
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Another alternative is to attempt to get federal funding (local politicians love padding the budget):
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/fund...
This explained a number of dumb bike lanes (which lead to nowhere) in my 'hood.
Make more protected bike lanes so that vehicle congestion doesn't impact bike travel, and add a congestion tax on all vehicles so that people only drive into the busiest areas if it's really necessary, and will otherwise consider alternative forms of transportation. I don't just want a cap on rideshares; a privately owned vehicle takes up just as much space on the road as an Uber, so why only target the latter? And what's to say that if you target Ubers you won't just get a corresponding increase in private drivers to pick up the slack, with the end result being the same amount of congestion?