New York Out Of Step With Its Past
Some fear that New York has lost its foothold as the pedestrian capital of America.
"One reason New York is losing its New York edge may be that the city’s revival is partly based on a strange reversal: the city is the new suburb. Families have returned to the New York that was abandoned years ago for lawns and better public schools. They’ve brought with them a love of cars. A new study by Bruce Schaller, a local transportation consultant, shows that half the drivers in Manhattan are from the city — and that more city residents than suburbanites drive to work every day."
"We’ve already lost a lot of New York to traffic. If New Yorkers don’t get out of their cars soon, the city’s future residents won’t have a reason to."
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sad, sad, sad
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The car-obsessed may ruin New York for pedestrians, because any street clogged with traffic and exhaust is inherently not walkable. What a shame that the perfect pedestrian framework is going to waste...
One wonders why anyone would choose to drive through downtown Manhattan -- it is much more pleasant to just travel on foot or by train (or even by cab).