Biden recently gave billionaire George Soros the nation’s Medal of Freedom. A slap in the face of every transit rider in America who has suffered from the torture of having to deal with the criminality that man has loosed upon his country by supporting DA’s who refuse to lock up repeat offenders. The perfect example of which is embodied in this monster arrested and released 87 times. A major reason people avoid mass transit:
When this was done in London (and recently expanded) it was rightly understood as an attack on working class people by the out of touch, wealthy elite. New cars and electric vehicles were exempt: old cars and vans like working people need to use, have to pay. Same deal in NYC?
New York Republicans would probably be doing much better in New York *right now* if they had the discipline to nominate bland “public administrator” types instead of MAGA grandstanders. Kathy Hochul was likely only re-elected in 2022 because Lee Zeldin was viewed as a bridge too far; someone like Marc Molinaro probably would have won.
It will be interesting to see what happens with an instant-lame-duck* Trump Administration in power. On one hand, anti-Trump backlash combined with his rather conspicuous lack of coattails could bring about a Democratic resurgence; on the other, leftist alienation of suburban and/or swing voters could continue apace.
*I firmly expect Trump to try and cling to power illegally in 2028-29, though.
Love your work Nick. I’m a congestion pricing supporter - but of course I would be - I don’t own a car and I live on the Upper East side. Congestion pricing *is* good policy - just yesterday The NY Times quoted a contractor who noted that his commute in from New Jersey was an hour shorter, which was well worth paying $9 for. So it isn’t only about the distributional equity arguments that progressives love (and which I agree with). But you’re right- I’m not sure about Long Island, but we have to stop the hemorrhaging of political support in the outer boroughs. If NYC had continued to build subways at the same clip as we were in the early 20th century I think there would be a lot more support for congestion pricing outside of the East River-adjacent neighborhoods. Utica Ave should have a subway! Big swaths of Queens deserve much more transit than they currently have. Singapore has made a public commitment to provide 80% of households a 10 minute walk or less to a train station. How different would our politics be if we did the same?
Biden recently gave billionaire George Soros the nation’s Medal of Freedom. A slap in the face of every transit rider in America who has suffered from the torture of having to deal with the criminality that man has loosed upon his country by supporting DA’s who refuse to lock up repeat offenders. The perfect example of which is embodied in this monster arrested and released 87 times. A major reason people avoid mass transit:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1875779422097441102?s=46&t=U7laPY1hHEa798qtlcpDpA
When this was done in London (and recently expanded) it was rightly understood as an attack on working class people by the out of touch, wealthy elite. New cars and electric vehicles were exempt: old cars and vans like working people need to use, have to pay. Same deal in NYC?
Does the average American voter FOLLOW the politics of their politicians and Government?.
New York Republicans would probably be doing much better in New York *right now* if they had the discipline to nominate bland “public administrator” types instead of MAGA grandstanders. Kathy Hochul was likely only re-elected in 2022 because Lee Zeldin was viewed as a bridge too far; someone like Marc Molinaro probably would have won.
It will be interesting to see what happens with an instant-lame-duck* Trump Administration in power. On one hand, anti-Trump backlash combined with his rather conspicuous lack of coattails could bring about a Democratic resurgence; on the other, leftist alienation of suburban and/or swing voters could continue apace.
*I firmly expect Trump to try and cling to power illegally in 2028-29, though.
Love your work Nick. I’m a congestion pricing supporter - but of course I would be - I don’t own a car and I live on the Upper East side. Congestion pricing *is* good policy - just yesterday The NY Times quoted a contractor who noted that his commute in from New Jersey was an hour shorter, which was well worth paying $9 for. So it isn’t only about the distributional equity arguments that progressives love (and which I agree with). But you’re right- I’m not sure about Long Island, but we have to stop the hemorrhaging of political support in the outer boroughs. If NYC had continued to build subways at the same clip as we were in the early 20th century I think there would be a lot more support for congestion pricing outside of the East River-adjacent neighborhoods. Utica Ave should have a subway! Big swaths of Queens deserve much more transit than they currently have. Singapore has made a public commitment to provide 80% of households a 10 minute walk or less to a train station. How different would our politics be if we did the same?