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Dude: “I wish traffic in my area wasn’t so bad”
Genie: “Ok, people driving in your area will be financially penalized for using their car instead of public transit, therefore alleviating traffic.”
Dude: “hey wait, I want an exception made for me! I am special. I am the main character, I should be the only one driving a car!”
Genie: “That was your third wish. Goodbye.”
I was wondering if there was more to the story. Like, maybe he has a disability and NYC doesn’t have an exemption for disabilities. They do, however, have an exemption for disabilities as well as a reduced rate for low income residents. To me it sounds like this guy is just lazy.
Looking at this on Google Maps, he can get anywhere on 76th St using one bus or subway ride and a 5-10 minute walk.
Zero sympathy.
Wow, I can’t believe you’d suggest subjecting this poor man to something as horrible as being forced to use a public bus.
“Ahh, the old number 22. Clean, reliable public transportation. The chariot of the people. The ride of choice for the poor and very poor alike!”
I found Area 51!!
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A bus? With all the other peasants?
Reminds me of the time I worked at the Sears repair call center… A woman who lived on the island of Nantucket needed her washing machine repaired - Sears only went out there two days a week, and they were booked for a couple weeks, so of course she asked “what am I supposed to do until then?” I suggested a laundromat. “Have you seen the kind of people who go to the laundromat?” I said “yup, I’m there once a week.” Was quite proud of myself, usually I don’t think of the perfect response until minutes later…
Bedbug bus? :p
Imagine if we got this sort of coverage whenever someone was inconvenienced by public transit being cut, or a bike lane being blocked, or fares being raised.
But that doesn’t manufacture consent for the corporate dictatorship?
Isn’t that less than two miles away?
I suppose he could also have to travel down 79th a bit, but Manhattan is only about 2 miles wide anyway, right? So like…worst case scenario, a four mile walk.
Okay. That would be a significant walk. Probably an hour or two. But in NYC, how likely is it that you can get to your car, travel to your destination four miles away, find parking, and then walk to your destination (1) in less than an hour, and (2) for less than $9?
Get a bike, bro. Or hey, I hear New York has this fancy new doohickey called a “subway.”
You expect this man to mingle with the poors? What if he had to talk to someone or got bumped into? Perish the thought of this man interacting with anyone below his socioeconomic status.
Well he says it’s 18 blocks so probably a straight shot up 5th. It’s a 20 minute walk and he can go through the park if he likes.
Isn’t that less than two miles away?
I have a coworker who lives less than two kilometers from work and he complained that our workplace doesn’t have enough parking spots. There is a bus stop right in front of our building and two bus routes connecting to his neighbourhood, yet he refuses to ever take the bus
Are blocks shorter in new york? Where i live each block is a quarter mile
On average, a city block is 1/20 of a mile. But that can vary greatly depending on direction (N/S vs E/W) and location in the city.
https://streeteasy.com/blog/how-many-nyc-blocks-are-in-one-mile/
I don’t live in New York. But it was my understanding that most cities with numbered streets generally adhered to 10 street numbers = one mile. 79 - 61 = 18 = 1.8 miles.
I drove once in NYC. Never again. I’d gladly walk 3x that distance to avoid having to use a car. Or, ya know, use (gasp) public transportation.
I’ve driven a few times in Manhattan, but most of those times were on a Sunday - it was a different world. Ghost town is not an exaggeration. The one time it was a weekday, I was hauling a motorcycle trailer, and when I saw 2 parking spots in a row on 5th Ave, I couldn’t resist stopping for an hour to walk around. Someone actually stopped to watch me parallel park. Must’ve been a tourist, New Yorkers don’t stop for anything.
Congestion fees are a very capitalist way of solving it. This law basically exists for everyone except rich people (i,e. Those who can afford to pay fees).
All this is based on a false assumption that money has an objective value. But in reality, 1$ means different things for different classes.
I mean, you are right and the fee should be proportional to wealth, but it is not gonna affect the poor people because they use the public transit. Maybe anywhere else in the US may be true that “even the homeless need/have a car” but NYC would be the exception.
Yes but the money goes 100% to public transit so it benefits the lower income public transport commuters too.
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Since when cops are public transport?
According to Wikipedia “Low-income residents receive a 50 percent discount on daytime tolls after their first ten trips into the congestion zone in a calendar month”. So to some extent the system does take your concern into account.
Well it pretends to but no system like that will equalise it.
Do the same as we do with fines, based on income.
So that the congestion charge for a billionaire is also actually significant. Enough for then to reconsider using a car.
Billionaires using cars aren’t the ones causing congestion though, there just aren’t enough of them
No, but it’s tied to your income, so it doesn’t matter what you make. Poor people should have it practically for free (but still for a small nominal fee) as they’re often completely broke. Someone making an average salary should pay an average sum, a wealthy person should pay more and an ultrawealthy person should pay even more.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-businessman-hit-with-121000-speeding-fine
That’s one of the world’s largest speeding fines, and that guy isn’t actually even that rich. Like he’s barely in double digit millions. That’s honestly not that rich on a global scale.
I tried looking for someone with “just” ten times the estimated net worth, so someone worth 100 million. But top 25 richest hollywood actors and #25 is still 170 million. When the fines grow progressively, then those people would pay something like 4-5 million in a fine, probably.
Like when you get a fine of any sorts, unless it’s for a very basic infraction, it’s going to be day fines. So if you commit an infraction that you don’t go to prison for or get probation, you’ll have day fines. A day fine is equal to roughly your daily income. You can get 1-120 dayfines for an infraction and if you’re getting multiple infractions at the same time it’s at most 240 day fines.
The point here is that it would actually be good tax income and it would remove the effect of any regulations being cheaper to break for rich people, which is inherently very unjust.
In NYC in particular though, I have a feeling that very few low income people drive into Manhatten instead of taking transit.
Driving in Manhattan is for truck deliveries and taxis only.
If you try to drive a car from point to point in Manhattan, you’re an asshole.
25 years ago, I felt safer riding a bicycle in Manhattan than I did in Boston…
Just take the 6 like 2 stops you absolute donkey
Dude is complaining because even though he just lives out side of the zone he still has to pay the fee even when he travels north to 79th which is also outside zone. That area is all one way streets and if he wants to go north he has to travel south first into the zone and then he can turn around and drive to 79th. Though I have zero sympathy if you can afford to live right next to Central Park you can afford to pay the fee hundreds of times per week.
it’s almost like that’s the point of congestion pricing
Awww he might have to go on the big scary subway and desk with the poors… A sad day indeed
He could save his $2.75 and avoid it by… walking.
That guy looks like an uncle who can barely walk from the end of a parking lot to the store, let alone 18 blocks
I look like that guy, and I’d walk a mile to avoid paying $2… Maybe even 2 miles.
Buy him electric wheelchair.
It’s hard to believe this is real. Who would try a car for a trip like that? It would be so inconvenient
I don’t it’s real? But there are definitely some annoying yuppies over there in that area.
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There should be congestion parking charges, too
Does NYC have minimum parking spaces in new buildings? I know other cities do, to the detriment of mass transit.
There are, they’re called parking meters.
His kids live on 79th street and he will have to pay congestion price every time he goes to see them.
So like, what, Christmas and their birthdays?
That was my first thought as well. Why doesn’t his kids want to live with him?
Not having primary custody can be due to lots of things, I won’t judge anyone male or female for it unless there’s abuse involved.
Also maybe theyre adults?
Property shark CEO inconvencied. Sad trombone.
