Other

01/09/2024 - 22:24

We need more affordable parking for people who have to work in Long Island and need to have a car in the city. More than just a parking tax discount. A full tax free option would be a start. Also need to cap and standardize monthly parking rates so regular people can afford to have a car and park in manhattan. Thank you

Bus Stuck in Traffic

01/09/2024 - 16:21

Buses are slow because the city has made streets compressed with bike lanes, pedestrian spaces, and less places for people to park that cars have to keep circling in a never ending search to park. Super mass transit is the real answer, bikes, trying to discourage vehicles, and congestive pricing is all bull crap and only leaves us more pollution due to slowing surface transit down.

Limited Curb Access

01/09/2024 - 16:09

Get rid the outdoor restaurant curb seating. The emergence is over, it loses parking, increases rodent infestation. And impedes deliveries. Daylighting is a joke, eliminate it citywide. Community Boards have to start getting members who do deal research on issues and be Mommy's to sob story special interest groups who come to meetings with children to play on sympathies of board members who can't think. Most Community Boards don't realize they represent the entire community, even if the entire community is not at the meeting to rebut the special interest people.

Bike Related Issues

01/09/2024 - 15:54

Bike lanes and city bike racks have caused the loss of a massive amount of parking. Cars on a roadway with a bike lane on the same street far out number bikes in bike lanes by more than a 50 to 1 ratio, that's fact. The allocation of space is therefore absurd. Not to mention most cyclists ride wherever they want, usually paying no attention to traffic rules. Another fact, vehicles have increased steadily for years in Manhattan, what does that tell you. We need more road space, let the cyclists pay the same costs car owners do and see how long they continue to peddle along. The Dot is in bed with the lobbyist like Transportation Alternatives. All these miscreants have done is increased congestion, and increased pollution. They may have alleviated pollutants in one spot, but in doing so made another spot bear the overflow and quadrupled pollution there. They come go community meetings with their engineers taunting street redesigns without any rigor for making their decisions. Try asking one what Engineering school he graduated from, you may be surprised. Real Engineering degrees from real Engineering schools take five years to earn. Most of them are city planners.

Crowded Sidewalk

01/09/2024 - 10:50

Not enough consideration is given to NYC pedestrians which include young families with double wide strollers, small children on scooters, groups of students released from schools, senior citizens with walkers or in wheelchairs. The sidewalks need to open and clear for people to walk safely. The proposed street lockers will take up street space and will invite crime just like our USPO mailboxes which are under attack by thieves. Trying some of these projects in less trafficked areas will not indicate what will happen if the projects are expanded to busier streets. New York is a walking city. Let's not endanger our citizens.