I want to see Move NY adopted sooner, not later. I am disheartened how Governor Cuomo has dismissed it as a non-starter when in truth this is the most realistic way to both tackle congestion and raise badly-needed revenue for the MTA. Every day we hear more and more complaints about subway overcrowding, bus delays, etc. - those will not improve without more funding, but we all saw just how difficult it was to plug the gap in the latest MTA Capital Plan. And the worse public transportation services get, the more likely people are to abandon them and turn to cars, whether their own or for-hire vehicles. That only makes congestion worse. If we want to reduce the number of cars in the CBD, then we need to make the alternatives more appealing. Move NY will provide the money needed to do that.
As primarily a bicyclist, I support the Move New York plan to reduce the number of cars in crowded areas of Manhattan - blocking the boxes at intersections causes gridlock, unsafe driving & vehicle intrusions into bike lanes. I could research the New York legislative status a bit more, but is the Move NY plan officially introduced as a bill in either chamber of the legislature this session, in part or in whole? I didn't see a bill number in the MoveNY .pdf overview yet, maybe it needs to be written and introduced still with support behind it. This could also be a question for the Move NY Fair Plan coalition.
I want to see Move NY adopted sooner, not later. I am disheartened how Governor Cuomo has dismissed it as a non-starter when in truth this is the most realistic way to both tackle congestion and raise badly-needed revenue for the MTA. Every day we hear more and more complaints about subway overcrowding, bus delays, etc. - those will not improve without more funding, but we all saw just how difficult it was to plug the gap in the latest MTA Capital Plan. And the worse public transportation services get, the more likely people are to abandon them and turn to cars, whether their own or for-hire vehicles. That only makes congestion worse. If we want to reduce the number of cars in the CBD, then we need to make the alternatives more appealing. Move NY will provide the money needed to do that.
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As primarily a bicyclist, I support the Move New York plan to reduce the number of cars in crowded areas of Manhattan - blocking the boxes at intersections causes gridlock, unsafe driving & vehicle intrusions into bike lanes. I could research the New York legislative status a bit more, but is the Move NY plan officially introduced as a bill in either chamber of the legislature this session, in part or in whole? I didn't see a bill number in the MoveNY .pdf overview yet, maybe it needs to be written and introduced still with support behind it. This could also be a question for the Move NY Fair Plan coalition.
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