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MillennialNightmare t1_j2zo8zm wrote

Reply to comment by HEIMDVLLR in Traffic study by former head of NYC DOT reveals what he says is ultimate cause of congestion by HEIMDVLLR

The increase in criticism of personal car ownership is probably influenced by a couple of things.

One being how many people went out and got cars during the pandemic. While TLC plates make up a ton of cars on the road, the increase in personal car ownership has made parking a nightmare. Combine that with the fact that people have realized they’d rather use streets for literally anything other than personal cars and you get where we are now.

The second is there are just more options now. The subways always been there along with busses, but dedicated street space to bus lanes has likely improved service in some areas allowing people to ditch their cars. Combine that with the fact that there are significantly more bike lanes and a (flawed but fairly widespread) bike share system available and again, people are just realizing cars aren’t as necessary as they once were.

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parkerpyne t1_j304riq wrote

> While TLC plates make up a ton of cars on the road, the increase in personal car ownership has made parking a nightmare.

Has personal car ownership actually increased?

I am asking because back like eight or so years I ago I foolishly took a friend's car (she had just moved from Woodside to Manhattan on that day) and drove it back to Astoria to park it there at like 1:30 AM. I wound up driving around for 45 minutes like an idiot until I finally found a spot where I could park it.

End of July of 2022 I bought I car myself as I am in the process of moving out of the city and I don't find the parking situation in Astoria to be any worse (nor better) than it was back then. I wouldn't have wanted to own a car back then and I still don't want to and subsequently don't use my car unless I absolutely have to.

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TeamMisha t1_j30e0m5 wrote

It should be on google but I believe car registrations were up citywide during pandemic, check state dmv.

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parkerpyne t1_j30kg12 wrote

Hmmh, yeah, maybe. Should be said that I registered my car during that pandemic, too. But as explained, that wasn't because I consider it a viable conveyance in NYC and it was in preparation of a move away.

I reckon the weird migration streams that the pandemic created (I have a new pair of neighbors in my house that moved here from South Carolina and so far own a car) are skewing the numbers a bit. Once everything settles down, I reckon the numbers will be roughly what they were before.

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Desterado t1_j30ucpy wrote

16 percent eh? Where’s this number coming from

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Training_Wealth_3062 t1_j30ktgf wrote

You can definitely tax and penalize people into not owning cars. Look at the Netherlands. It wasn't always a nearly car-free paradise. That's what we should aim for.

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gerrys t1_j31tjf5 wrote

Additionally, a sharp increase in injuries and deaths caused by drivers. People are becoming “anti-car” because cars are mowing people down more often.

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