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ManhattanRailfan t1_jb3hxbd wrote

Reply to comment by koreamax in Exploding e-scooter battery sets off massive fire, 'extraordinary damage' in Bronx supermarket by OntheRunfromCIA

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-11/the-business-case-for-car-free-streets

It's really common sense. In cities, especially NYC, where walking is the primary means of transportation, the vast majority of business comes from foot traffic. Cars are loud and unpleasant to be around, meaning people are less likely to hang out when they're nearby. Remove the cars, and all of a sudden you have a lot more foot traffic. Look at places like Meatpacking now vs 5-10 years ago. Or Broadway, 14th Street, etc. All have far more foot traffic than before and business revenues are much better compared to nearby businesses on car-centric streets.

People in cars don't stop into places unplanned. They go directly to their destination, get what they need, and leave, usually never noticing any of the businesses they pass on the way, so they'll never know to even go to those places, let alone stop at them on the way to somewhere else.

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SecureRandomNumber t1_jb3hqs0 wrote

Reply to Exploding e-scooter battery sets off massive fire, 'extraordinary damage' in Bronx supermarket by OntheRunfromCIA

Question: why are all these recent fires being started by exploding e-scooter batteries, and not by phones and laptops and cordless power tools and vapes and kids' toys and all the other lithium ion powered devices that we have all been using and charging for years without any widespread safety issues? What is it about scooters specifically that's so dangerous?

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ManhattanRailfan t1_jb3g441 wrote

Reply to comment by koreamax in Exploding e-scooter battery sets off massive fire, 'extraordinary damage' in Bronx supermarket by OntheRunfromCIA

So you don't think we'd be better off with 1700 fewer annual deaths, better air quality, lower expenses, better buses, more funding for transit, better accessibility, higher business revenues, and less noise? Cars are massively detrimental to urban society and their use should be curtailed as much as possible.

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djdjddhdhdh t1_jb3es7p wrote

Reply to comment by thisMatrix_isReal in NYC official says city is spending an estimated $10M a day on housing, feeding migrants by NYY657545

Just saw the last 2, crazy stuff. Although really interesting about the lettuce farmers, I’ve often wondered why in the last few years they’ve been all these infection outbreaks from lettuce. Quite literally I haven’t eaten romaine in like 2 years, which isn’t a big deal cuz I like arugula more lol

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gl4ssm1nd t1_jb3ei8u wrote

Reply to My OMNYCard design by NYCBikeLanes

One thing I wish the mass transit museum would highlight is OS 2, the operating system behind the subway system. I know it’s a niche nerd thing. But it deserves a mention in their fare collection section.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_jb3e9l1 wrote

Reply to Amazon to close eight Go convenience stores in cost-cutting move by geoxol

This was always a place to test technology they hoped to eventually sell as a service to merchants.

They don’t need it anymore, they have WholeFoods which can do the job.

What’s odd is how long they kept it going.

Amazon eventually wants a cut of every stores revenue by powering them the same way AWS powers so much of the internet.

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