• Wahots@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    Long term, NYC ain’t going anywhere. Those businesses will be there. The city isn’t going anywhere. Transitioning away from cars when we’ve invested billions into them sucks, but the transition from ICE to EVs (and fewer cars) is happening now and is the best possible time to do it, before we have to rebuild roads, bridges, and crash barriers for much heavier EVs. Taking as many cars off the road with trains, buses, and lots of protected bike lanes will save us a lot of money further down the road (heh), even if it sucks short term.

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      5 months ago

      the transition from ICE to fewer cars (and EVs) is happening now

      FTFY. The priorities were backwards.

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      Unfortunately it’s basically impossible to have an EV in the city unless you own your home or can pay $700+/mon for a garage, and ~90% of residences here are owned by corporations