In regard to commuter rail, not many people seem to know that monthly passes for city residents on MNR and LIRR average out to about $5 a ride already (depending on how often you use it) what really seems to be the down side for many potential riders would be the need to buy a metro card as well to get to there final destination. I wonder if a more viable first step in this issue ,would be to get city residents a free subway transfer with the current rates of a monthly commuter rail ticket.
Seperate to this issue, I also wonder about LIRR and MNR planned investment for double deckers trains. Seems like an easy way for them to increase capacity. I did hear that there is an issue with MNR using double deckers for the tunnel approaching grand central, but I also heard that orders for new single level trains have already been placed for both LIRR and MNR.
I forgot to add that there seems to be little said about the Penn Access for the Hudson line of MNR. I would imagine this expansion would directly effect the number of cars streaming into the city down the Saw Mill and onto the Henry Hudson.
I think we need to promote bus lanes for all cross town buses in Manhattan and we should make crosstown buses in the CBD free. I think getting crosstown is a major driver for taxi and uber trips which add to conjestion on the streets. Free and fast crosstown services would compete.
i would also add that should a day come when our subways are so congested it not tolerable (almost there in my opinion) we should make all buses in the CBD free, ideally displacing some short distance subway riders onto buses.
In my opinion if we are talking about getting daily commuters out of their cars or to have a more expeditious commute on the LIRR or MNR, the city ticket doesn't do much price wise, given that a monthly ticket within NYC is already around $5 per ride, usually less than $220 a month. The detriment to getting more people to ride the train seems to be the fact that if you don't work in the vicinity of the Penn or GC you need to fork over another $120 for the monthly subway ticket. A total of $340 a month easily pushes some people to drive and others to suffer long subway rides to save money. The proposed city ticket only seems to help in maybe getting the occasional commuters to ride the train since they don't t want to buy a monthly. I think a free transfer to the subway for at least city residents, would have big effect on getting more people on the train.
Trying to ban cars would be a political nonstarter and could easily be a rally cry against any and all action with MoveNY. I would start smaller with the suggestions here about raising the taxes, but I would also suggest another small way to raise revenue and get car owners voting for your plan. I would institute a NYC resident permit, that would allow parking in onstreet free spaces in Manhattan and maybe elsewhere. This would not cost much to NYC residents maybe a small $1 a year registration fee, but then you can charge a non-resident like $1000 a year for the permit. You can also charge non-residents a daily rate in which they would have to find a digital parking meter to purchase a special daily permit to park in a free spot, maybe $10 dollars a day. This would make resident drivers happy as it could free up parking spots, but it should increase some revenues as the number cars I see parking in my neighborhood with NJ state plates is ridicoulus, close 20% of the cars have out a state plates.
Double parking is a major problem that could often be avoided, but I know someone who recently got a ticket when double parked, but was in the car and the cop just pulled behind the car, beeped for him to move, which he did, but then a ticket was mailed to them. I didn't know they could do that, but it could be a good way to stop double parking without causing further traffic disruption.
I have wondered the same thing about a car share program for the outer boroughs where the city could give designated on street parking spots to a car share company in exchange for allowing 1 way rentals to city residents and discounted rates. This Could reduce car ownership overall and relieve a financial burden of owning a car for many middle class families in the boroughs. However I am not sure if this would be good for Manhattan as it could encourage more driving, although it could also discourage the need for taxi services.
In regard to commuter rail, not many people seem to know that monthly passes for city residents on MNR and LIRR average out to about $5 a ride already (depending on how often you use it) what really seems to be the down side for many potential riders would be the need to buy a metro card as well to get to there final destination. I wonder if a more viable first step in this issue ,would be to get city residents a free subway transfer with the current rates of a monthly commuter rail ticket.
Seperate to this issue, I also wonder about LIRR and MNR planned investment for double deckers trains. Seems like an easy way for them to increase capacity. I did hear that there is an issue with MNR using double deckers for the tunnel approaching grand central, but I also heard that orders for new single level trains have already been placed for both LIRR and MNR.
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I forgot to add that there seems to be little said about the Penn Access for the Hudson line of MNR. I would imagine this expansion would directly effect the number of cars streaming into the city down the Saw Mill and onto the Henry Hudson.
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I think we need to promote bus lanes for all cross town buses in Manhattan and we should make crosstown buses in the CBD free. I think getting crosstown is a major driver for taxi and uber trips which add to conjestion on the streets. Free and fast crosstown services would compete.
i would also add that should a day come when our subways are so congested it not tolerable (almost there in my opinion) we should make all buses in the CBD free, ideally displacing some short distance subway riders onto buses.
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In my opinion if we are talking about getting daily commuters out of their cars or to have a more expeditious commute on the LIRR or MNR, the city ticket doesn't do much price wise, given that a monthly ticket within NYC is already around $5 per ride, usually less than $220 a month. The detriment to getting more people to ride the train seems to be the fact that if you don't work in the vicinity of the Penn or GC you need to fork over another $120 for the monthly subway ticket. A total of $340 a month easily pushes some people to drive and others to suffer long subway rides to save money. The proposed city ticket only seems to help in maybe getting the occasional commuters to ride the train since they don't t want to buy a monthly. I think a free transfer to the subway for at least city residents, would have big effect on getting more people on the train.
View this comment in the discussion thread
Trying to ban cars would be a political nonstarter and could easily be a rally cry against any and all action with MoveNY. I would start smaller with the suggestions here about raising the taxes, but I would also suggest another small way to raise revenue and get car owners voting for your plan. I would institute a NYC resident permit, that would allow parking in onstreet free spaces in Manhattan and maybe elsewhere. This would not cost much to NYC residents maybe a small $1 a year registration fee, but then you can charge a non-resident like $1000 a year for the permit. You can also charge non-residents a daily rate in which they would have to find a digital parking meter to purchase a special daily permit to park in a free spot, maybe $10 dollars a day. This would make resident drivers happy as it could free up parking spots, but it should increase some revenues as the number cars I see parking in my neighborhood with NJ state plates is ridicoulus, close 20% of the cars have out a state plates.
View this comment in the discussion thread
Double parking is a major problem that could often be avoided, but I know someone who recently got a ticket when double parked, but was in the car and the cop just pulled behind the car, beeped for him to move, which he did, but then a ticket was mailed to them. I didn't know they could do that, but it could be a good way to stop double parking without causing further traffic disruption.
View this comment in the discussion thread
I have wondered the same thing about a car share program for the outer boroughs where the city could give designated on street parking spots to a car share company in exchange for allowing 1 way rentals to city residents and discounted rates. This Could reduce car ownership overall and relieve a financial burden of owning a car for many middle class families in the boroughs. However I am not sure if this would be good for Manhattan as it could encourage more driving, although it could also discourage the need for taxi services.
View this comment in the discussion thread