Every city needs to be doing this.
Affordable gasoline is a thing of the past. Affordable cars are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Soon, the $7 minimum wage will be older than the newest generation of voters, and no one in Congress is honestly considering passing a living wage.
Bikes, e-scooters, walking, and public trans are going to be essential in the coming years.
We will witness the rise of the Taxi Cash Conduit. They do not exist as a human being - simply a process by which oil is burnt by the demands of capitalism.
The oil is burned to extract more oil, which is then used in the Uber driver’s car. The driver pays exactly as much in gas costs as he charges for rides. He does not eat, and he sleeps in that car. When it breaks, he breaks. The passenger would just walk, but the city was built to specifically punish non-riders.
The uber driver and passenger will each get one free ride a year, for the specific purpose of driving to city hall to vote against a bike lane.
They said Mamdani wasn’t experienced enough either. Experience doesn’t matter when you’ve done nothing noteworthy with all your supposed “experience”.
It’s such a glaring flaw when you visit LA. You’d think a city that fixated on its image would improve transit just to save face if nothing else. Car culture is a beast.
