Native New Yorker returned to Queens, former Chicagoan, aspiring Angeleno. Lover of East Coast beaches. Only child, left-handed, Cancerian. Dogs rule. π³οΈβπ
Itβs also insane to pretend people who live in transit deserts like Whitestone are driving into Manhattan below 60th on the daily, instead of driving to Astoria or Woodside and parking there then hopping on the train.
The governor of New Jersey is preparing to spend ten billion dollars right now to ease congestion on the approach to the no-longer-congested congestion zone. Maybe instead of suing New York he should save $9,999,999,900 and just send us a Harry & David gift basket.
I rarely saw red-light running in NYC before 2020, especially dangerous red-light running. (And those who know me know I am observing driver behavior a LOT.) For all the chaos on NYC streets, there was a broadly observed norm. The norm is gone. I see it literally every day now.