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It might not come as a surprise to anyone who's ever been stuck in the Lincoln Tunnel on a late Friday afternoon, but a new report from the Texas Transportation Institute shows New York drivers lost a staggering 380 million hours stuck in rush hour traffic in 2007, the second-highest rate in the nation. (Just think about the waste—that's enough time to build 11 full-size Great Pyramids or watch almost every episode of Law & Order!) No matter how bad that sounds, though, at least drivers idling on the Cross Bronx Expressway can be thankful they're not in Los Angeles. As Newsday reports, the TTI found the City of Angels had the nation's worst traffic congestion, costing its motorists more than 485 million hours and $10 billion in travel time and extra fuel. The other piece of good news from the report is that, while New York drivers themselves may not be improving, the traffic is. City congestion has fallen for two years now from its peak in 2005, a trend Kate Slevin of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign chalks up to a strong public transit system: "People want to be on transit. They like having options and transportation choices, and that's reflected in these numbers."
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Why are all these peoples still driving into/out of the city?!
Stay home or take public transportation in you tools.
Long Islanders have no excuse.
NJT is terrible -- every day there's some kind of "signaling issue" that causes 1 - 2 hr delays. Parking at most of the major hubs close to the city -- Newark & Jersey City, to be exact, is sketchy at best.
To get out of Long Island you need to through the city.
LIRR also has the same problems with signal issues or other kinds of problems.
Trust me, LIRR doesn't suffer NEARLY the amount of "signaling issues" NJT does.
And I'm mostly referring to people who live in LI but work in Manhattan.
there are over 380 million hours of Law & Order?
There are about 430 million episodes, at last count.
I wonder how much their street scene filming contributes to traffic congestion...
Those numbers are absolute, not percapita. So we actually do a lot better than 2n. Probably because of our public transport system.
Those numbers are absolute, not percapita. So we actually do a lot better than 2n. Probably because of our public transport system.
Kind of misleading to say NYC is second worst in nation -- that's only if you add up all the hours that everybody lost. Given that New York has far more people than any other city in the country, of course it's going to be high on that list. If you look at it on a per capita basis (which is how you should look at it), NYC is only 14th worst -- right between Denver and Phoenix.
More:
http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/07/08/americans-waste-years-in-traffic-jams-but-thats-good-news/
We need:
- Congestion pricing barriers from 57th street to 23rd street, Lexington to 9th Avenue
- Tolls on all river crossings
- Dedicated bus and bike lanes separated from traffic lanes with physical barriers
- Dedicated 2 wheel vehicle parking areas, congestion pricing exemptions for motorcyclists
- Public bicycle stations, such as the Vélib' system in Paris
- Resident parking permits in residential areas
- Requirements that all new construction in the city build integrated public parking lots, whether subterranean or at street level
- Sanitation services in commercial areas, as well as commercial deliveries, done between the hours of 10pm and 4am
So who--in a position of power--are you telling your master plan to, besides the commenters on Gothamist?
I'm sorry, but I don't agree with putting tolls on river crossings. I live in Brooklyn, if I wanted to get to the courts in the Bronx, why should I have to go through Queens, pay that $4.50 toll over the Whitestone when the FDR takes me right to the south Bronx?
And regarding the Vélib' system in Paris, it costs 70 Euros to rent a bike for 10 hours. Ah...no thanks.
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
A ONE YEAR unlimited ride subscription is 29 Euros.
A ONE DAY pass is 1 Euro, a SEVEN DAY pass is 5 Euros.
For all plans, the first 30 minutes of your ride ARE FREE. So please, shut the fuck up.
http://www.velib.paris.fr/abonnements_tarifs
The reason you should have to go through Queens is that, reading the headline, New York's traffic congestion is the second worst in the nation. So trips like yours should be diverted around the most congested part of the city - Lower Manhattan. Given that the bridge tolls would significantly reduce the overall number of vehicles using the network by discouraging unnecessary trips, you'd probably make it there in record time.
And regarding Velib-like system in New York, why would you take a bike that is free for the first 30 minutes and ride it for 10 hours without stopping? Does this have anything to do with your court appearances in the South Bronx?
Why would you take use a Vélib bike for more than an hour. It's not for joyriding and recreation, it's for getting around. Getting from one arrondissement to another wouldn't take more than 30 minutes making your ride free. You can dock the bike at numerous stations around the city. If you were going from Gare de Lyon to La Défense (or Brooklyn to the Bronx) you would take the Métro Line 1 or l'RER Line A express, because it's easier.
And regarding New York Why would you drive up the congested FDR drive when you can take the 4 train (crowded however running on time) or the D.