New York Out Of Step With Its Past

Some fear that New York has lost its foothold as the pedestrian capital of America.

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January 30, 2007, 8:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg


"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."

Thanks to D. A. Varnado, AICP

Monday, January 29, 2007 in The New York Times

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