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(DIR) Post #AplqOWv5cCoiYHbspc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T11:38:22Z
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If you live in NYC please verbally tell at least two people how happy you are about congestion pricing. The nature of these things is people will complain and it's gonna get bad now that's happening at long last. People form their opinions based on what other people say when they don't have a direct investment in an issue. Simply knowing a few people who support congestion pricing can easily reshape how the issue is seen.But it is more likely they will hear someone complaining loudly.
(DIR) Post #AplqZZvol3Pl4uDdZI by Crow@pagan.plus
2025-01-05T11:40:19Z
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@futurebird in terms of a capitalist response to this problem, it's clever. That's about the only good thing I can say of it.
(DIR) Post #Aplqu4mXlaCaYCeg4W by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T11:44:04Z
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"In an ideal world we'd simply tax the wealthiest people, those who benefit most from the labor and trade environment facilitated by excellent public transportation in this big city."I generally agree however just funding public transportation from taxes won't do anything to reduce car congestion in NYC. It's a REAL problem. There are more cars trying to drive on our roads during rush hour than can fit. By charging people to drive during rush hour we can solve this problem.
(DIR) Post #AplrD1K8qceDKNP5Qu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T11:47:29Z
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Basically I'd support this change even if it didn't produce additional funding for public transit. We are so car-centric and so eager to promote driving that it's making living in the city miserable. The alternative to charging during rush hour would be a rationing system. But, I think that could attract more corruption and be a tool of surveillance. This is one of those cases where "the market solution" isn't such a bad idea. And all the people who say they love markets hate it. Ironic.
(DIR) Post #AplrUtnBaYEbBJVvX6 by Sarahw@mastodon.green
2025-01-05T11:50:41Z
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@futurebird Congestion charges have worked well in Europe despite a lot of resistance at first.I would like to see charges combined with free public transport.
(DIR) Post #Apls7BKYpVvUa0NaVc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T11:57:38Z
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@Crow It's predictable and annoying that I have to put up with all of this blind worship of "the power of the market" but in the one case where it might benefit ordinary people who ride the bus to work... well then, now they don't like "the market" now driving is some kind of abstract right. Boring and predictable.
(DIR) Post #AplsquD8oRUynxiC2a by Crow@pagan.plus
2025-01-05T12:05:51Z
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@futurebird agreed! It's odd to see market dorks abhorring the market. Setting aside the innermost 49 square blocks or so as a "pedestrian zone" (with disability accessibility implementation) sure would feel nice. And we could expand it as we go. It would literally cut down congestion by actually removing all the cause of congestion. Tada! What we've got instead is something that guaranteed will end up lining someone's pockets, and maybe most of it will end up going toward no free public transit. Not happy about it.But, as a market solution goes, it's as good as it can get.
(DIR) Post #Aplt0QTsCfRzUi4t28 by glennsills@dotnet.social
2025-01-05T12:07:31Z
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@futurebird Taxing behavior that is causing problems is a straightforward way to reduce the behavior.
(DIR) Post #ApltAsiU4wATxfthlw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T12:09:28Z
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@Crow Public transit in NYC is currently subsidized at about 50 percent. It should be 90 percent and then free for large classes of people: the elderly, children, public employees, any one with financial challenges. Or just make it free for everyone, although I do worry that we have not built out the system enough to make that viable at peak hours yet. I suppose stress testing might force the issue.
(DIR) Post #ApltKfV04l3DrdG0Wm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T12:11:17Z
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@glennsills Most people could understand that bringing their bike, or huge shopping cart into a tiny little shop packed with people for holiday shopping is rude. Bringing your car into NYC is the same. It's rude to bring your car in when it's obvious there is no where to put it.
(DIR) Post #Apltdk6RBPJxe1raz2 by Deixis9@mastodon.social
2025-01-05T12:14:41Z
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@futurebird @Crow It's been in place in London for a while now.There are probably huge health benefits from reducing toxic emissions from vehicles, including tyres...Kids school grades improved.Money gets reinvested in public transport. Cars are bad.https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2021/09/ipac-policies-in-practice_1a65968e/london-s-congestion-charge-and-its-low-emission-zones_1078722d.html
(DIR) Post #ApltrBE1ebLRWmouxc by Crow@pagan.plus
2025-01-05T12:17:01Z
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@futurebird agreed, it's the next step in the list of liberal solutions, to subsidize at 90%+. [I'm in the camp that says everything should be free, making money worthless and removing it as an obstacle--but I'm willing to take these ridiculous baby steps to see fewer people hurt by the violence of capital on the way there. Unsure if this is growth or capitulation.]
(DIR) Post #AplzRHJczFnIc2TNoG by tommoree@mastodon.social
2025-01-05T12:53:06Z
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@Deixis9 @futurebird @Crow Yes I was just going to weigh in about London. The congestion charge, ultra low emission zone and low traffic neighbourhoods have improved what it’s like living here, in terms of air quality, safety, ease of getting around by bike and bus, and just the feel of the place. It’s calmer. I wish those schemes had all been brought in much earlier when my kids were little.
(DIR) Post #AplzRIds3Ta4j6x408 by tommoree@mastodon.social
2025-01-05T13:03:42Z
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@Deixis9 @futurebird @Crow When a new scheme starts there’s generally an outcry from a loud minority insisting on their “rights” as drivers, but that doesn’t generally last too long. Once people get used to it they realise things actually work better and the money raised isn’t lining anyone’s pockets, it’s going into public services. It does take some political bravery though because there is noise. Sadiq Khan has been great at this.
(DIR) Post #AplzRJMBOj1gwXgS4O by tommoree@mastodon.social
2025-01-05T13:08:23Z
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@Deixis9 @futurebird @Crow And yes I definitely agree it’s useful to tell people verbally that you’re in favour. People who oppose change can assume everyone agrees with them. Good luck to all in NY - bit slow sometimes but change is possible!!
(DIR) Post #Apm0MrSxFkUDEmIEzI by contrasocial@mastodon.social
2025-01-05T13:30:02Z
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@futurebird It won't help with congestion though, simply make it more expensive for working class commuters.It's already quite expensive to enter NYC, that has not reduced car traffic at all.It was a decision made out of greed, not out of interest for making a more livable city.
(DIR) Post #Apm3csvjsOeAH55aG8 by verdantsquare@mastodon.world
2025-01-05T14:06:34Z
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@futurebird you assume others are happy with it? Just because YOU are?
(DIR) Post #Apm3mRi5w15CkUGYoy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T14:08:21Z
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@verdantsquare It's the best thing to happen for the South Bronx in years.
(DIR) Post #Apm4lQSDDfyyW8ulV2 by paulc@mstdn.social
2025-01-05T14:19:18Z
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@futurebird @Crow Dealt with the same when I66 had tolls added, where the toll money was supposed to be used in other transportation projects, mostly mass transit or encouraging ride sharing. People opposed ignored that I66 had become a parking lot during rush hour and that HOV restrictions were mostly ignored. The biggest. Push was to insist on adding more lanes. Anything but having fewer cars on the road.
(DIR) Post #ApmChJFarLfkeQYoNM by Julie@social.coop
2025-01-05T15:48:12Z
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@futurebird Here in the NY suburbs, environmentalists aren’t even saying how much we think this is a good idea because people left, right, and center are so angry about it. This is partly because this is such an expensive area to live in, and partly because the New York counties surrounding the city have an ongoing dispute about paying a tax to the MTA with few improvements to service here. And of course, nobody likes increased prices for anything, ever.
(DIR) Post #ApmDT0tCQfLpbYph8y by run_atalanta@beige.party
2025-01-05T15:56:49Z
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@futurebird @glennsills But these people Are Entitled. They pay large amounts of money to live in a nice suburbz so they don't have to deal with City Taxes and City Congestion.They're rude to the core, because thay're selfish and speshul. Can't possibly take public transportation. 😒
(DIR) Post #ApmE0du0Otrm9qFHN2 by tops@im-in.space
2025-01-05T16:02:44Z
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@futurebird on rationing, in cities where odd and even numberplates were allowed on different days the richer people just bought another car to go with the one they had.
(DIR) Post #ApmGgTriJ9Px6EFdIW by jasonisaacdrums@heads.social
2025-01-05T16:32:54Z
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@futurebird As a Manhattan resident, if the policy cuts down on traffic, noise, road rage, "accidents," etc., I don't really care how they spend the money! Today is already the quietest day in my apartment (next to the FDR drive) since April 2020.
(DIR) Post #ApmOGg8Ks8K1FiEXWC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T17:57:50Z
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@sleepybisexual A toll for driving in the city during rush hours to cut down on congestion.
(DIR) Post #ApmP59Ggp9CY5jCtSC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T18:06:57Z
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@sleepybisexual It has nothing to do with private roads. It's all publicly run. There are already bridge and road tolls in the US in many places. The difference here is this one is based on time of day and targeted to decrease congestion. It can take an hour to go 4 miles in NYC during rush hour. The roads serve no one like this. For a decade people have proposed solutions and at long last we're trying something. If the roads are blocked for cars they are also blocked for buses.
(DIR) Post #ApmQRbAhrNYSxQg34C by spujb@spujb.masto.host
2025-01-05T18:21:52Z
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@futurebird@bobjmsn Never realized how true this was until I worked as a cashier for several months. Many (most?) people walk around believing whatever was the last thing they heard on an issue from someone they liked. And that last part is the most important.
(DIR) Post #ApmTO9xyqrvXZkmDCa by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-01-05T18:55:13Z
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@futurebird > By charging people to drive during rush hour we can solve this problem.Wouldn't that just make poor workers poorer? They still have to get to work in a timely fashion.
(DIR) Post #ApmTtc3OTQuffEJ4Mq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T19:00:59Z
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@argv_minus_one It means more poor people will get to work on time. Very few people in NYC own cars, those who do tend to be more wealthy than those who don't. It's not like other American cities where everyone drives and owns a car.
(DIR) Post #ApmUFdLKMRJk28CAKW by helplessduck@mastodon.online
2025-01-05T19:04:55Z
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@futurebird @argv_minus_one It's not something I spend a lot of time looking at, but I can't think of a single place that's not found a decent return on their congestion pricing schemes. Everyone raises hell at first, then they realize it's working and everyone forgets about it and moves on to complaining about something else.
(DIR) Post #ApmYOVjmPJpMrs7ZWi by geonz@mathstodon.xyz
2025-01-05T19:51:19Z
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@futurebird @argv_minus_one I was at a conference thing in D.C. w/ folks from all over the world. When I noted at my table of 6 folks that I was car-free, someone said "Me, too -- but you are the first person I met also car-free who isn't from New York. Lots of us are." (I'm pretty sure this was not a poor person, either; this was a gathering of literacy "experts," quotes b/c they invited me :P )
(DIR) Post #ApmZtI0fb14lDwGHQm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T20:08:06Z
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@zzzeek If traffic doesn't change at all we may need to increase the toll. It was decreased from the initial recommendation so this could be the case. If nothing has an impact then there isn't any point in doing it. But, it's worked in other cities so I'm hopeful.
(DIR) Post #ApmdubdQW1MACEGzJI by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2025-01-05T20:49:17Z
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@zzzeek @futurebird We've had these charges in London UK for some years. they have reduced traffic to some extent, discouraged more polluting vehicles, greatly improved air quality and helped fund London's public transport system, but are unpopular with those who live just outside London (and use it as a playground or a business opportunity) to the point the Mayor Sadiq Khan has to be shadowed by plain clothes police for protection everywhere he goes in public.
(DIR) Post #ApmeCgLRk63K15TxQ0 by etschopp@blueplanet.social
2025-01-05T20:56:25Z
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@futurebird I totally support NYC congestion pricing. I very vividly remember riding down 6th Ave in spring 2020, during the first COVID lockdown on my bicycle, with no cars whatsoever. It was crazy, mind-blowing, and incredibly beautiful and eye-opening. So much area of the city is just used for cars and therefore dangerous for anybody who's not sitting inside a vehicle. Why should we promote that?
(DIR) Post #ApmhIglbO27gvPGvsO by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2025-01-05T21:13:37Z
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@crockett @futurebird Cycling or walking in NYC is a death wish. And don't tell me about the history of L.A. I've lived here my entire life, and I'm old enough to just barely remember the very end of streetcars. So I'd wager I know more about the transit history of L.A. than you do with your simplistic statement. Oh, and I also studied urban geography, which is also useful in this context. So I'm sure you know all about London, but don't assume it translates to U.S. cities.
(DIR) Post #ApmhIhOb33JasLW4em by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T21:31:07Z
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@lauren @crockett "Cycling or walking in NYC is a death wish."IDK. Walking is fine, biking could be better, but there are many protected bike lanes. Although I don't bike as often as I once did. But I find walking generally great as there are sidewalks and drivers expect pedestrians. Walking in the suburbs seems much more dangerous.
(DIR) Post #Apmjgsgev1WAklcimm by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2025-01-05T21:48:27Z
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@PJ_Evans @futurebird @crockett I still remember walking up four flights to a friend's apartment in the Village, and marveling at the bank vault style vertical and horizontal bar lock on his door.
(DIR) Post #Apmjgu3Nq1I0zXGNqS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T21:57:54Z
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@lauren @PJ_Evans @crockett I've lived here about 25 years. You can tell you're in an old apartment if they have those kinds of locks. No one really bothers anymore. Break-ins aren't a common crime due I think to cameras being so common, but also fencing TVs and other valuables isn't really worth it. People's bikes still get stolen, though. Everyone use two locks.
(DIR) Post #Apmk5MPS3xirszFPiS by Jackiemauro@fosstodon.org
2025-01-05T21:59:34Z
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@PJ_Evans @lauren @futurebird @crockett Walking around NYC is … how to get around NYC. When I lived there we walked for miles and miles and miles. It was definitely not a death wish. What?!I also biked a ton and back then that was a way riskier proposition cause we just biked in traffic. But that was also basically fine because we knew how drivers were gonna act. Where do you get the idea that walking and biking are not totally normal ways to get around the city?
(DIR) Post #Apmk5NSg9Rtl9HlVNw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T22:02:21Z
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@Jackiemauro @PJ_Evans @lauren @crockett I just took it to mean that everyone who lives here has a "death wish"
(DIR) Post #Apmk6SsXUpOWEtNbUm by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2025-01-05T21:58:39Z
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@futurebird @PJ_Evans @crockett It was many years ago.
(DIR) Post #ApmkP8dgyDa6yBL67k by Jackiemauro@fosstodon.org
2025-01-05T22:05:56Z
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@futurebird @PJ_Evans @lauren @crockett Well I guess that makes more sense…it’s at least consistent. You’d think in that case discouraging ppl from driving into such a den of thieves would be a mercy.
(DIR) Post #ApmksfOmFabCy9RXaC by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2025-01-05T22:05:57Z
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@futurebird @Jackiemauro @PJ_Evans @crockett The times I was there (not recently) just navigating the sidewalks under all those construction scaffoldings (and I only recently learned why so many are still there when there is no obvious construction going on) seemed hazardous. No general form death wish, but I was not happy walking around Manhattan, and the way bikes were being ridden through traffic was not confidence inspiring to this L.A. boy.
(DIR) Post #ApmnSTVQ934cPwkkVs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T22:40:09Z
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@MediumWasTedium @lauren @crockett There are exemptions for those with plates. The process isn't as nice as it ought to be. And Access-A-Ride is CRIMINALLY underfunded and annoying. So I wouldn't tell anyone that it was a fair substitute. (and this is why it's fine to exempt drivers with mobility issues IMO)
(DIR) Post #Apmnxw3Y2r1nwTiXR2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-05T22:45:52Z
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@MediumWasTedium @lauren @crockett One of the things the tolls should help with is getting more elevators at stations in a slightly more timely (but still way too slow) way.
(DIR) Post #ApnKvsNi2AL2S9m0Yq by tofugolem@mastodon.social
2025-01-06T04:55:09Z
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@futurebird Holy crap, that is ass-backward.The way to go is to reduce parking, reduce roads, increase paths for foot traffic and/or bicycle traffic.Make your city more accessible without a car, and (gasp) you will have fewer cars choking your city streets.Look up "Strong Towns" for more info. The automobile is bankrupting many local governments. Simply increasing tolls is not addressing the causes of the problem.
(DIR) Post #ApnpthpxMcslkZQmSO by happyborg@fosstodon.org
2025-01-06T10:42:12Z
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@futurebird while I sympathise with your logic there continue to be downsides that again depend on socio-economic status.I lived in London before congestion charging and subsequent charging based on vehicle emissions. There have been quantifiable benefits, so I am not arguing against those measures.Alternatives are vital, because this hits people who can't afford charges or easily make changes, while the wealthy only see benefitsThe system also requires vast surveillance infrastructure BTW
(DIR) Post #ApoAX8aRqB0J5fFyr2 by johnscott7@mastodon.social
2025-01-06T14:33:24Z
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@futurebird Hello Babe ☺
(DIR) Post #ApoIulpysDCr7LInPE by mausmalone@mastodon.social
2025-01-06T16:07:20Z
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@futurebird I live in Bergen County NJ and get to hear people complaining about the congestion charge as though NYC is taking something that rightly belongs to them and it's like ... Okay ... Open the malls and shops on Sunday so that all the NYC residents can come over.
(DIR) Post #Apom5ZZDjQzSuxxw36 by theseus_life@infosec.exchange
2025-01-06T21:34:12Z
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@futurebird Only poor and violent people take the subway. I'm sure women and children will feel incredibly safe among all that diversity.
(DIR) Post #Apomuwg5Z9xJMaftRY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-06T21:43:33Z
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OMG this is like being on X again. It’s been *so* long since anyone tried one of these on me! I almost forgot what this was like. *sniff*Very refreshing and edgy!Thank you and have fun with whatever the heck it is you think you are doing.
(DIR) Post #Apon6SfOyLeVlDqQV6 by Nickiquote@mstdn.social
2025-01-06T21:45:35Z
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@futurebird A classical statue avi? Sir I am afraid you seem to be lost.
(DIR) Post #AponGEiBiBxJNLoCye by WhyNotZoidberg@topspicy.social
2025-01-06T21:47:21Z
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@futurebird Amazing that he joined in '22 and wasn't banned / blocked yet...
(DIR) Post #AponIXMrJurXobvh5M by johnmark@freeradical.zone
2025-01-06T21:47:35Z
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@futurebird Poor sod seems to be lost. Let's help.him get back home.
(DIR) Post #AponLo6DZLAcZmhlpY by CStamp@mastodon.social
2025-01-06T21:48:08Z
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@futurebird LOL.
(DIR) Post #AponuJkaOhPwaP2iDg by BinChicken@rants.au
2025-01-06T21:54:34Z
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@futurebird OMG, a rare sighting of a Retvrn Edgelord roaming far from its native habitat of Twitter.
(DIR) Post #ApopXaTgEtlZiGQN72 by cobalt@awscommunity.social
2025-01-06T22:04:14Z
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@TAV @futurebird I read about these attempts to use congestion fees and drive more people to public transit. But I keep applying this to our family and can’t see how it could work out if I didn’t drive the car to my son’s medical appointments. That’s a 73 year-old, a 45 year-old son who is a wheelchair user and his caregiver. As it is, if parking is too far away it is a terrible hardship. I just don’t see articles about practical considerations.
(DIR) Post #ApopXbst0fWU4jE12W by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-06T22:12:53Z
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@cobalt @TAV If you aren’t going at rush hour you will not pay. If you are going at rush hour you may be exempt if you have a parking permit for those with disabilities or if you qualify for accessiride YOU are the person we are trying to clear the traffic for. The busses and those with no choice.
(DIR) Post #ApoqJXNn38Yk0vX9Bg by magicalthinking@noauthority.social
2025-01-06T22:21:40Z
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@futurebird @cobalt @TAV They just worsened the commercial real estate crisis. NYC is dying. https://www.businessinsider.com/office-commercial-real-estate-cre-crash-2008-gfc-delinquency-vacancy-2024-3
(DIR) Post #Apowt22PfKTqwwqK1o by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-06T23:35:14Z
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@billiglarper @BinChicken Bracing like a spritz of AXE body spray right to the face.
(DIR) Post #Apox6tf5bYox1eXq4W by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-06T23:37:48Z
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@magicalthinking @cobalt @TAV Maybe some of it should be converted to housing. I don't think NYC is dying. We have more students than we can enroll, more cars than fit in the streets, and more people trying to do things than I care to think about. NYC is very MUCH.
(DIR) Post #ApoxMxeUXK9G2DvQQ4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-06T23:40:39Z
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@magicalthinking @cobalt @TAV Oh and anyone want to be a math teacher? I know like a dozen places that need so many math teachers. Can't find them. I can't teach every match class in the whole city. I'm getting tired.
(DIR) Post #ApoyCcBVb58CVs00Qq by magicalthinking@noauthority.social
2025-01-06T23:50:04Z
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@futurebird @cobalt @TAV Converting commercial space to residential isn't like a trip to IKEA. It would cost millions to convert an office into an apartment and the investment would return much less than if it remained commercial. Plumbing, power, egress and fire safety, waste disposal. NYC has made a lot of bad choices in the last few years, most of my friends and family have moved somewhere else.
(DIR) Post #ApoywUTaaZRtvWKbSa by PhilSciProf@mastodon.online
2025-01-06T23:58:15Z
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@futurebird @magicalthinking@noauthority.social @cobalt @TAV I can’t help in NYC, but I’m pondering the idea of volunteering to teach math in Nashville once I finish a book project. It’s not clear that I would be welcomed… as a scientist who breaths math (with teaching awards) but with zero formal training in “education” (albeit with 40 years teaching). We’ll see…
(DIR) Post #Apoz5QYiWSjCNqzWMq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-06T23:59:54Z
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@PhilSciProf @cobalt @TAV Gotta shop for the right school and talk to the other faculty there. Schools vary WILDLY ... there is no "just going to teach" you want to be at a place where what you are good at matters and is supported.
(DIR) Post #App1OS1LVnFEKNa5XU by PhilSciProf@mastodon.online
2025-01-07T00:25:43Z
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@futurebird @cobalt @TAV I suspect you’re right about the need to shop.The very best teachers I had in middle school and high school were math teachers — both women — who taught me in multiple grades. They were wonderful teachers; their deep understanding and love of math was inspiring. That was when, as a matter of practice, math teachers had degrees in math; they really wanted to teach math! It would be cool to try and pass this on.
(DIR) Post #AppBjb16G7OdqqBgTg by Lazarou@mastodon.social
2025-01-06T21:53:03Z
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@neckspike @theseus_life @futurebird "Real men drive a cybertruck!" 🔥
(DIR) Post #AppBjcExi44xe7gGiu by theseus_life@infosec.exchange
2025-01-07T02:10:57Z
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@Lazarou @neckspike @futurebird Who says I'm a man?Either way I don't think congestion pricing will work in NYC, which was designed for cars. Whatever income the city makes from it will just get wasted on useless projects anyway.And yes, I'm worried about my personal safety on the MTA (or NYC in general). Don't want to be set on fire, harassed, or shot at.
(DIR) Post #AppBjdItkup0wcWvUu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-07T02:21:32Z
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@theseus_life @Lazarou @neckspike I mostly worry about the stairs, with this snow they are slippy!Can't say much about the rest of that.
(DIR) Post #AppCBcEdK5JhjosWEC by theseus_life@infosec.exchange
2025-01-07T02:26:40Z
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@futurebird @Lazarou @neckspike Haven't even mentioned this:https://abc7ny.com/post/scathing-federal-audit-slams-mta-subway-safety-procedures-nyc/15186225/Chronic underfunding of MTA and now they're also taxing vehicles. Well gee, guess I'm just supposed to walk now? And what about people with disabilities?
(DIR) Post #ApuQUA9bq29s5JtQiO by Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social
2025-01-09T15:00:24Z
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@futurebird@lauren @crockettWalking or biking on "stroads" without sidewalks is hazardous.
(DIR) Post #AqvJOH4XxHsdhycpcG by jdavidnet@me.dm
2025-02-08T23:07:37Z
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@futurebird We should start a small Revenue Tax and rebate US Wages.This means that if there are two companies, the one with US wages will have an advantage, and companies that use AI, Automation, Outsourcing, or rely on Investments will pay more in taxes ( they already have an advantage ).The US Constitution allows States and the national government to tax income. There is an argument that Revenue is Income.Ideally, we start at 0.5%, which scales up towards 2100.🧵/1