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Re:Things that are more inequitable than road pricing by treis on Sunday February 03, 2019 @12:24PM (#19070838)
>I live in lower Manhattan. My feeling is that every vehicle other than delivery trucks should be banned from the city.

How do you expect to get your plumbing fixed?

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Re:Things that are more inequitable than road pricing by nihonde on Sunday February 03, 2019 @12:44PM (#19070983)
Expand my original post from “delivery trucks” to “small trucks/vans on demonstrable business”. Also, other than for major construction, no more semi-trucks in the city.

And electric buses ASAP. They’re the loudest and dirtiest vehicles out here. And definitely no more tour buses.

That would make this city soar in terms of places people want to live and visit.

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Re:Things that are more inequitable than road pricing by jedberg on Sunday February 03, 2019 @01:21PM (#19071227)
> And definitely no more tour buses.

You do realize tourism accounts for a great deal of income for NYC, yes?

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Re:Things that are more inequitable than road pricing by nihonde on Sunday February 03, 2019 @03:51PM (#19072107)
You don’t need poorly-maintained double-decker ICE buses to have tourism. You also don’t need to accommodate fleets of tour buses on the narrow streets of Manhattan. Drop them off in Dumbo and let them walk or ferry over. They probably need the exercise anyway. Seriuosly though, I really doubt banning tour buses will have an appreciable effect on tourism here.
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Re:Things that are more inequitable than road pricing by masonic on Monday February 04, 2019 @05:33AM (#19075235)
No ambulances, either. Or law enforcement. Or fire trucks.
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