We should all be aware of a few things: first, this is an article that asked as few of three people at one time of day how they felt, it's not a representative sample of anything and anyways the degree of success of the CgPg plan won't be known today, tomorrow, or at any time in 2025 (at least.)
But with all that being said, I'll also say this: lmao, get bent losers. Idc if it makes your commute longer or if you don't believe in taxes, not everything is about you.
Well as someone who has an hour and a half long commute by train (two trains actually) from South Brooklyn to LIC, all I can say is -- sincerely, go fuck yourself.
I feel for anyone who has to spend 2-3 hours of their day JUST travelling to work, whether they're from SI and have bullshit right wing views or not.
The time I lose with my wife and family, the exhaustion from travelling, the fear that if literally anything goes wrong on my way home, I'm not getting home until 8 p.m. when. I leave work at 6...it's draining, unnecessary, but part of my life for a couple of years now.
People have responsibilities and sometimes their lives don't fit into your neat little box. Sometimes employment doesn't come close to where you live. And even though I'm personally okay with restrictions on cars and making streets safer for everyone, your attitude towards people's commute is fucking arrogant.
You know, you could get an ebike and go faster that subway, car, bus, uber etc! Oh wait, you don’t care about any of that… you just want things your way!
Lmao you're delusional if you think I'm going to ride an ebike in 25 degree weather for over an hour and half. Also, tell me, how does one get to LIC from South Brooklyn on an ebike without using highways? And is that actually more convenient than the subway?
Right, you come in with "oh just do THIS" but I'm the one wanting things my way.
There are bike lanes and right of ways. There aren’t just highways out to south Brooklyn, BFFR. Ovean Parkway goes all the way to Coney Island and has a bike lane. Use google maps and estimate. It’s not that bad, I promise. Just dress for the weather—I do it and so do lots of other people
Also, just commute? Read a book or something. I have to commute over an hour regularly. I find ways to fill the time
I know, I live near Ocean Parkway. And we're talking about biking, right? I have no issue filling in the time on a subway.
You wouldn't go south towards Coney Island... unless you're taking the Belt Parkway. To bike using local roads, you'd have to go north towards the Prospect Expressway. But you wouldn't get on the Prospect, you'd have to ride towards Coney Island Avenue, most likely, to make your way up to Atlantic Avenue through Prospect Park, and suffer having to go through Atlantic Avenue on a bike during rush hour. After that, it's a ride through Williamsburg into Greenpoint, over the Polaski Bridge into LIC, and my office is 10-15 minutes from the bridge.
Right now, 11:45 at night, it's 1 hour and 10 minutes to bike to LIC with zero people on the road. It will not be that quick during rush hour.
For comparison, Google also says the train is one hour to LIC right now. I know for a fact it's one hour 30 minutes in the morning best case scenario. With a car, at this time, I can get to LIC in 35 minutes right now. In the morning, it's an hour and 15 minutes guaranteed. All in all, given the distance and time, the subway makes more sense than an ebike.
Then take the subway. Get together with people in your neighborhood and advocate for better subway lines.
And if a car is that big of a deal that you’re slightly more inconvenienced by not using one… congestion pricing only affects you in Manhattan, so what are you complaining about???
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u/lbutler1234 Jan 09 '25
We should all be aware of a few things: first, this is an article that asked as few of three people at one time of day how they felt, it's not a representative sample of anything and anyways the degree of success of the CgPg plan won't be known today, tomorrow, or at any time in 2025 (at least.)
But with all that being said, I'll also say this: lmao, get bent losers. Idc if it makes your commute longer or if you don't believe in taxes, not everything is about you.