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I really don't like how, whenever there is an article on something that works, people feel the need to post whatever solution they prefer and say it's better.
This project had 2 goals - reduce pollution and raise revenue for transit upgrades. It succeeded. Better than a tram would have on it's own, I might add.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good, if you want to share that video so much, just post it, instead of linking it with that downer of a comment.
Also, this is new york city. They famously have a major subway. I hear it could use expanded, but trams are going to have to explain why it's better to have a third public transit option rather than just busses and subway expansion
You don't have to wait 30 minutes underground without signal in a train car with a BO problem, for one
However trams are a hell of a lot slower moving than a subway because they still have to deal with surface intersections etc. When there's a good subway system it makes transit really fast, much faster than trams
NY's subways are not a good system though. They're desperately in need of improvement, are perpetually broken/down, and make travel between boroughs nearly impossible. That said, I also have no doubts that street cars in NYC would be constantly stuck behind double parked cars, Amazon delivery trucks, busses, and spontaneous influencer photoshoots.
I spent two decades of my life in NY before moving to a different city that has street cars. The street cars here are a breath of fresh air compared to NYC's shitty transit system.
Agreed. What a silly reply.
This is a wildly successful change in a city that really, really needs solutions to several problems related to cars. The peanut gallery needs to shut their pie hole and absorb the article.
Indeed! One of the things this could even do is provide funding for trams if the transit authority funds that to be the correct use of the money.