From the NY Post:People living in East New York, who endured grueling commutes that averaged 63.3 minutes in the previous survey, made it door-to-door in 46 minutes this time.
Researchers determined that was because fed-up residents decided to drive to work.
In 2007, 17.5 percent bypassed mass transit and got to work by car. By 2008, the figure had jumped to 26 percent.
Oh boy, you mean all that time and money wasted on bike lanes instead of real transportation actually caused more people to drive?
And we're gonna now spend $16M in tax money for a bike path along the Brooklyn waterfront (which just as in LIC, doesn't go along the water for most of the route)?
Yes, we seem to have our priorities in order.
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Uh-oh, I knew the dreaded "bike lanes" would surface sometime soon.
Every Great American loathes them..
This commuter study must have focused on those whose workplace provides parking or who have monthly garage space.
Several of our people live in the sticks (NJ-LI) and often drive in. They circle around for a half hour or more to find a space or double park and regularly get ticketed.
I know cars are sacred outside of Manhattan but as a former owner, trust me, they are an expensive P-I-A here in town and you waste a lot of time on them.
I don't blame them for driving into the city. With that troll Bloomberg letting all the developers to take away parking spaces, putting in bike lanes and the bullshit with the M.T.A., you can't blame them. In fact, we all should drive into the city and just make it a giant parking lot, just to fuck with Bloomturd!
"This commuter study must have focused on those whose workplace provides parking or who have monthly garage space."
Uh, no, it must not have. There are a lot of people who DON'T work in Manhattan as well as people who work at off hours when parking is not as hard to come by there. I know it's hard to believe for someone who lives in Manhattan, but mass transit stinks in a good part of 4 out of 5 boroughs.
The whole bike lane is bullshit - they should pour money into updating the transit network, but that would take real effort with real money they don't have because it would be diverted from corporate welfare that is being poured into developer pockets.
1. the press has their head up their ass and never reports on Blumberg's stupid ideas
2. the tower kids going gagga over bike lanes demonstates that they know about NY as much as my pet cat.
3. the indifferent public that like cattle just puts up with this madness and says nothing as massive development projects are proposed for their area while infrastructure is handled by vague promises that are broken before the press dutifully tells them to the public.
city government is a sham.
For decades, East New York residents have been demanding a free transfer between the 3 and L trains at Livonia Avenue. But bike lanes are more important.
More bike lanes! Boy do I love white lines. sssnnnnnnort
I like bicycle lanes and support them and use them, but obviously they are not a solution to the lack of public transportation. If I don't have to wear my jacket, or if it is not raining, I can ride my bicycle. Otherwise, I need to get there in another manner.
Three times a week I have to get to Queens College from my house near Northern Boulevard and 162nd Street. I can also walk which is 45 minutes both ways. There are no good public transport options - I can take the bus to downtown Flushing and then to QC, but it goes way out of my way to get there. The Q65 only covers one third of the route, and I would have to wait for it. If the Q65 went down 162nd Street to Northern, that would work out much better for me. As it is, if I am running late I have to spend $10 for a taxi ride.
>>>Three times a week I have to get to Queens College from my house near Northern Boulevard and 162nd Street. I can also walk which is 45 minutes both ways. There are no good public transport options - I can take the bus to downtown Flushing and then to QC, but it goes way out of my way to get there.<<
But if you're on Northern and 162nd you can walk to 45th and 162nd and catch the 45 there. When I lived in the area I did that all the time.
BTW the MTA wants to cut my Little Neck bus line, the Q79, but most drive around here and the bus was little-used....
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I meant, of course, that you can catch the Q65 at 45th and 162nd.
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