if we've decided as a society that this huge volume of deliveries should be a part of life here, we need to acknowledge that there is a role that society needs to play.

i understand the POV that these delivery services add a strain to the city's infrastructure and that they should do more to accommodate the waiting/resting element of these services. creating hubs throughout the city makes sense as a burden they could bear. but i'm not convinced that it would be desirable (people already cry that delivery costs too much; this new cost would be passed on to customers) nor would it be sufficient (are they really gonna put rest stops in college point? in inwood? will the companies share?)

with the drivers widely distributed across the city, sometimes in sparse numbers, we need a way for them to wait/rest in a more informal or small-scale capacity.

the schumer plan strikes me as refreshingly smart and like a bit of a win-win. by voting against it, the UWSers are choosing sloppy, improvised solutions. right there in the article one of the drivers is quoted saying “The community has to understand that, whether they want us or not in that community, we are already in that community.”