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I didn't read the whole article but would this include banning trucks that bring in goods? What about trucks that help residents move to and from the city?



Not at all. The plan is to ban private vehicles and through traffic within the cross town streets (East-West direction, numbered roads) in Manhattan.

Larger cross-town streets like 14th, 23rd and 42nd would remain open to all traffic. The smaller streets is where the ban would go into a place making them a single grade mixing zone for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles. Service vehicles (delivery, garbage, taxis) can access these smaller streets but at a <10MPH speed.


> Larger cross-town streets like 14th, 23rd and 42nd would remain open to all traffic.

Wasn't 14th just closed to cars starting this week? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/nyregion/car-ban-14th-str...


Yes, but that’s to manage L train shut down problems.

There’s a meaningful difference between a stop gap plan to address immediate problems and larger change in how we think about transportation within New York


Chicago at one time had an underground tunnel system for transporting goods, but it fell into disrepair, and is too small for moving modern trucks/freight. I think most/all of it is closed off today; although the city still uses some of it.

Singapore's Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system works really well to reduce cars in the city (you have to bid on the license to buy a car, which can run S$30k to S$90k depending on the type of vehicle, time of year you try to bid, etc. .. and that doesn't include registration or the actual cost of the car). But that's a situation where the city is small and .. literally its own country. So it obviously wouldn't work in NYC or anywhere in America.


Manhattan is an island. They could work with that kind of system.

Probably better to charge per entry. Or per day a vehicle is on the island.




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