[Breevereurl]

The pesimism here is odd.... when I see quotes like "we don't give a crap" and "it could never happen here" I feel like you are writing your own destiny thinking this way...rather sad if you ask me. I would advise to never give into lower collective conciousness and keep the ideal in mind -- anything is possible my friend.

I guess Tokyo will forever be more perfect and NYC will never match its levels of efficency and machine-like urban ballet....without improved transit, NY city will choke sooner or later on its own fumes and begin its decline into obscurity, while the various "can do" cities take its place over time..

The map above shows you how Tokyo is a success --> they are the richest metro area in the world and they facilitate movement of people. Chinese cities are following, and may someday reach this level. Even in cityscape and streetscape they are beating NYC in many ways...they don't have the old buildings, but their new is certaintly more modern and beautiful than anything NYC has today, especially in the Ginza and Aoyama district.


NYC has no balls -- a congestion tax was the first test, they failed, simple as that...they are slaves to Albany, and they seem to like that.

With that money, at least the system could have been maintained. The lawmakers need to establish it NOW -- the ridiculous parochial people that stop this stuff need to be disposed of.