Nick Ober

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[Nick Ober @nober]

@Boenau I’m also always shocked by folks saying this in NYC when they’re obviously well used. Literally just watched a light cycle on 2nd Avenue where bikes outnumbered cars.

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

@padikiki One crunchwrap supreme and they’re all o say can you see

[Nick Ober @nober]

@emhuntersmith How does the book hold up? I read it years ago when it first came out and I’ve been toying with re-reading it.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@crosstown_line You honestly probably could here. The traffic volume along the South Street Viaduct is pretty low. Could easily convert it to a West Side Highway-style boulevard.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@mikepat711 Is this wrong though? Devil’s advocate, but folks merge way too early in zipper scenarios like this one. This seems fine?

[Nick Ober @nober]

@danieljvdm @thomasgauvin I always called this area South Street Seaport, but it does seem like lately it’s just Seaport?

[Nick Ober @nober]

@richmintz I think for folks not from New York, it’s just unfathomable that wealthy people might take public transit. But growing up I knew tons of friends whose parents were upper middle class professionals who took the subway to Midtown or Lower Manhattan jobs. 🤷‍♂️

[Nick Ober @nober]

@fredrikalindh @wholemars I do think Tesla needs to figure out a better infotainment onboarding option for casual renters. CarPlay/Android Auto is such a plug and play setup for folks renting cars regularly.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@DevMoore lol, people can have a quieter city and it still work well. I’m born and raised here and it’s totally gotten louder thanks to NYPD’s warbler sirens and a general lack of enforcement on honking and exhaust backfiring by NYPD Traffic.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@AkaTrains Definitely getting more active as retail fills up! But yeah, it’s like a twist on that classic tweet: how many retail spots and apartments were in the abandoned warehouses before they were redeveloped? 🤣

[Nick Ober @nober]

@FriedKielbasa You really have to see it from a higher vantage point like the 42nd Street/Tudor Place bridge

[Nick Ober @nober]

@BobaCyclist In a better world doing something like this to your license plate would result in immediate towing.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@1imeTime The year I was born the city had about 2k murders and a population a million and a half lower than today. Last year NYC had just over 300 murders and folks will tell you with a straight face that the city has never been more dangerous. Truly ludicrous.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@damonhemmerding @PatCarino It’s really funny, too, since if you’re really triggered by bike lanes you can like in the 99% of the rest of the US without them.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@BrandonWC @BkFietsertje Man, my kingdom for this kind of speed on DDC projects. DOT needs to be empowered to do more of their own capital projects.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@ShabazzStuart Yeah, same complaint I have about the Central and Bryant Park Conservancies. Each do amazing work and are excellent stewards of their parks, but in theory we really shouldn’t need them. Parks should be a better funded and managed agency.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@jmp_nyc @Jay_McGill94 Hahaha, I do also think you’ve got a generation of politicians who simply don’t remember how much the debt loaded on during the prosperous 90s is a big reason authorities like the MTA aren’t in better shape today financially.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@richmintz @st3fk0n1 @MattZeitlin Maybe simply because RFK is quicker to say, haha? 🤔

[Nick Ober @nober]

@richmintz @st3fk0n1 @MattZeitlin Yeah, weirdly that one hit. But agreed on Ed Koch and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Interesting.

[Nick Ober @nober]

@mikegapinski Curious why they wouldn’t go for Qi2 support, but definitelt seems like an improvement!

[Nick Ober @nober]

@jmp_nyc @Jay_McGill94 Yeah, the funny accounting this cycle was really unfortunate and something we’ll likely regret when we actually do face a really bad economic outlook and will envy the flexibility we gave up during good times.