> Affects only those developers in etrading positions, which is a miniscule fraction of their overall tech workforce.

I'm not sure this is the case in NYC. Many of the developers they choose to hire in a HCOL place like NYC are going to be in front-office facing positions such as etrading roles.

I've always felt that getting a major roadway named after you in the NYC area is such a dishonor. Your name is just going to get associated with a dangerous, congested, aging piece of infrastructure that is generally hated by the public.

Here is a brief (incomplete) history of Citi Bike annual membership prices I pulled from my records.

There's obviously a huge spike from $95 -> $149. From 2015's price of $149 to the new price of $205, I think this slightly outpaces inflation. I would certainly disagree with the notion that the pricing has remained the same for years, as it is consistently increased most years.

The larger prices increases are from the e-bikes, which have increased from 10 cents per minute with a $2 cap for all rides starting or ending outside of Manhattan (when they were reintroduced late 2019/2020), to 17 cents per minute with a $3 cap for all rides entering or exiting Manhattan. That's like a 50%-200% increase over 3 years.

You'd be cool with that even with the price to use e-bikes rising to $0.17 / min and them getting rid of the cap for rides in the outer boroughs?

The e-bikes are definitely fun, but their pricing model treats them as a luxury that riders might opt for sparingly when they need to climb a bridge or when they want to take a joyride on a nice hot summer day. A 45-minute e-bike ride will now cost $7.65 for a member who is already paying ~$17/month (annually), or ~12.15 for a non-member, which is really cost-prohibitive as a regular form of transportation.

The “intra” prefix means “within” or “on the inside”, so I think another interpretation is that Russ is so bad he might as well be playing for the other team.

> If I’m ordering from an app, I’m already paying delivery and service fees. Why aren’t those being used to pay the delivery people a fair wage? Why do I also have to pay a tip?

The unfortunate answer is that these fees are reaped by the delivery app middlemen (UberEats, Seamless, DoorDash, etc), who are taking something like 20% of the sale. People are certainly paying enough money for their meals but it's being siphoned away, not even going to the local restaurants or delivery people.

This is especially sad for NYC because we've had really good delivery options for decades, long before these delivery apps existed. While I understand it's more convenient to order from an app instead of by picking up a phone, I don't think that convenience is worth anything close to what these apps are charging. Prices having gone way up in the past 2-3 years such that we've normalized paying a lot for delivery, but the extra fees aren't going to the people deserving of them (i.e. the delivery people primarily and restaurants secondarily).