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cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/635208
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/635208
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
So New York doesn’t have homeless people, drugs, and crime? Or is NYC not a high-density area? Or why are there 8 million trips daily?
No, it is not the barrier. It is one possible barrier, and if you want to remove all possible barriers before you start, guess what, you’ll never start.
“We need to have higher density! But we can’t have that because of parking minimums! But we can’t get rid of parking minimums because we have no public transport! But we can’t have public transport without higher density!” 🥳
Those people will always find a reason. Now it’s to dirty and unsafe. Now it’s too expensive. Now I relocated and the train doesn’t stop here.
Have you ever tried to drive around NYC? You can’t. Too much traffic. Why do you think taxi cabs are so popular there if everyone wants to take the subway or a bus.
Passenger safety is a real barrier.
In my experience, people use taxis in NYC mostly because they are overwhelmed by transit. They find it easier to get a personal ride directly to their destination. I can read a sign and a map, and usually find it faster and more freeing to walk or take a train (then again, I have limited familiarity outside Manhattan and was disappointed by options in Staten Island and Long Island)
Taxis are popular because there’s too much traffic. Yeah, okay…
I’ll just repeat myself, Why do you think NY taxi cabs are so popular there if everyone wants to take the subway or a bus?