Banning parking on certain streets to improve bus service.

[Phantom909]

Have you heard of something called compromise? It's something that we have used in this country for hundreds of years. For example, the Missouri Compromise prevented the Civil war for over 30 years. Why can't people compromise on this issue? You are going a bit over the top with your whole "patriotic" views. Frankly, they aren't patriotic.

 

 

yes ive heard of it, but it didnt stop the civil war did it? all it did was kick the can down the road and allow the differences between the north and south to become more institutionalised making the civil war inevitable, which cost the lives of 618,000 americans. Of course this issue isnt anything compared to the war, but the premise is the same. Weve already compromised with these moronic bike lanes, pedestrian malls, turn restrictions, etc etc etc. Where does it end? Answer, It never ends, the time has come to stand up against the masterminds who want absolute power to control us. That sir is patriotic.

 

Joe

[TheSubwayStation]

Obama is a statesman? I didnt know you were a comedian. Thats the funniest thing Ive heard in ages. Those 3 mastermind megalomaniacs are what are called "Statists". They believe that big government should be the deciding factor in everyones lives. That my friend is what we, people who love their liberty and freedom, call TYRANNY There are a lot more politicians on both sides of the aisle that are just like them, I just pointed out the 3 most egregious examples.

 

And yes we ARE better than any other country. The people of this country have freed more people, helped more people during disasters, created more wealth, given home to millions of people coming here for freedom and a better life. What other country has done more? Answer: ZERO, and no matter how much weve helped, half the world still hates us. So why would we want to emulate them? If anyone is condescending its you for not understanding what this country`s place in history is. Yes we have problems, thats because no society is perfect, and none can ever be because humans are imperfect, the sooner you understand that the better off you will be

 

Joe

 

What about Obama makes you dislike him more than any other Democrat? It seems like the beliefs that you think are designed to "make government take over the country" are just regular values of the Democratic party.

[Phantom909]

What about Obama makes you dislike him more than any other Democrat? It seems like the beliefs that you think are designed to "make government take over the country" are just regular values of the Democratic party.

 

 

If you read what I said, I said that Bloomberg, Schummer, and Obama were the 3 most egregious examples of big government statists I also said there are others on both sides of the aisle, meaning democrats, republicans, and indpendents. we dont have that much space to name them all. But here is the bottom line, any elected official who uses his position to further an agenda that empowers them to have more control over our lives is a danger to our freedoms and liberties. They are only doing it for one reason, to make them more powerful so they can ram their agenda down our throats, examples being Bloomberg 3rd term, ObamaCare, repeal of Glass-Steagall act among others. I hope that clarifies my position

 

Joe

[ACEVE14]

One way that I think that bus service can be improved is to ban parking on certain narrow streets that have buses running along it. Just for the rush hour at least. Except for Lexington Ave in Manhattan, imo they need to ban parking there all day.

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

Now that you mention it, Queens Blvd has a lot of parking issues with taxis outside of the Queens Center Mall, because a lot of people in Queens that shop in the mall don't have cars to drive home. They should probably relocate those taxis in the parking lots just like the other ones in The Bronx Gateway Mall.

[BrooklynIRT]

Weve already compromised with these moronic bike lanes, pedestrian malls, turn restrictions, etc etc etc. Where does it end? Answer, It never ends, the time has come to stand up against the masterminds who want absolute power to control us. That sir is patriotic.

 

No, no, and maybe.

[Threxx]

If you read what I said, I said that Bloomberg, Schummer, and Obama were the 3 most egregious examples of big government statists I also said there are others on both sides of the aisle, meaning democrats, republicans, and indpendents. we dont have that much space to name them all. But here is the bottom line, any elected official who uses his position to further an agenda that empowers them to have more control over our lives is a danger to our freedoms and liberties. They are only doing it for one reason, to make them more powerful so they can ram their agenda down our throats, examples being Bloomberg 3rd term, ObamaCare, repeal of Glass-Steagall act among others. I hope that clarifies my position

 

Joe

 

 

ObamaCare was a good plan that did not deserve the reception it got! These are the words of a conservative; a Republican, which isn't a good thing...

[Gorgor]

Er, how did this turn into a discussion about politics and Obama's policies?

[TheSubwayStation]

Er, how did this turn into a discussion about politics and Obama's policies?

 

I guess because people think that banning parking takes away freedom, and some people think that politicians such as Obama are doing that. It's probably time to get back on topic, or .

 

*Yes, I understand that I took part in the Obama discussion myself.

[Phantom909]

ObamaCare was a good plan that did not deserve the reception it got! These are the words of a conservative; a Republican, which isn't a good thing...

 

 

How is it good? First of all it is Unconstitutional. The ferderal government has no authority to force any American to enter into a private contract with a private company. Obama says he has the power under the commerce clause. the Commerce clause (Article 1 Sec 8 clause 3) of the Constitution says:

 

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

regulate doesnt mean create commerce, plus you and i are not a foreign nation, a state, or an indian tribe. He also uses the anology that you have to have auto insurance. First of all if you dont own a car you dont need it plus there is no federal auto insurance it is a state issue. Forcing Americans to buy insurance was tried by FDR when he sold Social Security to the American people as insurance, but when it was challenged and heard by the Supreme Court in the 1937 Helvering v Davis case, it was argued as a direct tax that would go into the general treasury. I love when these politicians call it the Social Security "Lockbox'. there is no lockbox, not now, not before, and not in the future. It is $15 trillion dollars in the red in unfunded liabilities. Big Government creates only one thing, DEBT which we have to pay.

Secondly 60% of Americans want it repealed. The bill was passed without being read, some members had to be bribed to vote for it like sen Mary Landrieu`s Louisiana Purchase and Sen Ben Nelson`s deal that the federal government, meaning us taxpayers pay the entire cost of nebraska`s expansion on medicaid that obamacare forces every state to do. are you, as a new yorker happy to be paying for higher medicaid costs in new york and nebraska, im not.

thirdly obama said that if it was passed private health insurance costs would drop by an average of $2,500 by the end of his first term. My health insurance this year has risen $1,257 from last year so if my bill isnt $3,743 less by Jan 20 next year, its just another bold face lie by him.

fourthly, his 15 member panel that he will appoint which will be exempt from any oversight by congress will decide how much will be spent each year. Doctors will be paid less but their costs of medical equipment, malpractice insurance will skyrocket. I know a guy who is a neurosurgeon, he had a practice in New York city, he moved it to Birmingham, Alabama or one reason. he pays $500,000 a year less in malpractice insurance in Alabama than New York. Getting back to the 15 member panel, if the money budgeted for that year runs out than people will be denied and have no recourse which basically becomes a death panel.

Finally I do not belong to any party. i vote for who will not want to control my life. The choice this year has never been clearer, we either revert back to the America we were for the first 221 years or continue on a path to European socialism.

Joe

[Phantom909]

Er, how did this turn into a discussion about politics and Obama's policies?

 

 

ok i apologise for going on a tangent, the bottom line is this, people who favor something that helps them at the cost of hurting others instead of everyone just dealing with daily life of being a new yorker is unfair.

 

joe

[error46146]

Anyway going back on topic, I think that this plan will help more people than it hurts.. I'm not saying to ban parking on EVERY street 24/7; which streets are to have parking banned and when it will be banned will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

 

As for Queens Center, I think it would be a good idea to build a taxi stop somewhere AWAY from the bus stops.

 

Some examples I have in mind:

Lexington Ave in Manhattan (M98/101/102/103) during the daytime hour (6am-9pm)

63rd Drive in Queens (Q38) during the afternoon rush (3pm-8pm)

Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn (B41/67) during the daytime hour

Allen Street in Manhattan (M15) during the daytime hour

Austin Street in Queens (Q23) during the afternoon rush

Queens Blvd between Continental Ave and Grand Ave in Queens (Q60) during the daytime hour

[Phantom909]

Anyway going back on topic, I think that this plan will help more people than it hurts.. I'm not saying to ban parking on EVERY street 24/7; which streets are to have parking banned and when it will be banned will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

 

As for Queens Center, I think it would be a good idea to build a taxi stop somewhere AWAY from the bus stops.

 

Some examples I have in mind:

Lexington Ave in Manhattan (M98/101/102/103) during the daytime hour (6am-9pm)

63rd Drive in Queens (Q38) during the afternoon rush (3pm-8pm)

Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn (B41/67) during the daytime hour

Allen Street in Manhattan (M15) during the daytime hour

Austin Street in Queens (Q23) during the afternoon rush

Queens Blvd between Continental Ave and Grand Ave in Queens (Q60) during the daytime hour

 

and how are the businesses in those areas going to get their products then

 

joe

[error46146]

They can get their products and deliveries outside of the no parking times.

[KeystoneRegional]

Now that you mention it, Queens Blvd has a lot of parking issues with taxis outside of the Queens Center Mall, because a lot of people in Queens that shop in the mall don't have cars to drive home. They should probably relocate those taxis in the parking lots just like the other ones in The Bronx Gateway Mall.

 

Nope, not going to work, the lots are going to get jammed up. I think there should be a taxi stop [on the western half of the block], automobile drop-off/pick-up at the main entrance, and the bus stops be on the eastern half of the block.

 

Anyway going back on topic, I think that this plan will help more people than it hurts.. I'm not saying to ban parking on EVERY street 24/7; which streets are to have parking banned and when it will be banned will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

 

As for Queens Center, I think it would be a good idea to build a taxi stop somewhere AWAY from the bus stops.

 

Some examples I have in mind:

Lexington Ave in Manhattan (M98/101/102/103) during the daytime hour (6am-9pm)

63rd Drive in Queens (Q38) during the afternoon rush (3pm-8pm)

Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn (B41/67) during the daytime hour

Allen Street in Manhattan (M15) during the daytime hour

Austin Street in Queens (Q23) during the afternoon rush

Queens Blvd between Continental Ave and Grand Ave in Queens (Q60) during the daytime hour

 

-Lex Ave.: Well, the right side of the street yes if there is a bus stop on the block, if no bus stop is on the block, allow parking.

 

-63rd Drive: Nope, not needed since the Q38 flows on that stretch, if parking is removed, expect congestion to rise since people are busy circling finding spots.

 

-Flatbush Ave.: Nope, not needed since there are enough people circling to find parking and commute, if parking is removed, expect congestion to rise since people are busy circling finding spots.

 

-Austin Street.: Nope, not needed since the Q23 flows on that stretch, if parking is removed, expect congestion to rise since people are busy circling finding spots.

 

-Queens Blvd.: Removing parking would harm the neighborhoods than do good.

 

From all I've seen is parking removal which is not going to work in many ways. We aren't solving congestion problems, and we are worsening it by removing currently legal parking zones.

 

Few of the way to improve traffic flow and bus flow is:

-Double Parking should be enforced, and there should be limits on how long people can idle in a no standing zone/double park.

-Traffic Light Priority for major corridors [e.g. 34th St.. / 5th. Ave. gets equal priority. / 5th Ave. gets priority over 33rd St. / 72nd St. gets priority over West End Ave.]

-More lanes for car, trucks and busses.

-Create an underground highway to connect the QMT with the Lincoln.

-Use the Tokyo, Japan pedestrian-automobile crossing pattern where pedestrians cross only at an interval, then the North-South directional cars cross followed by the East-West directional cars cross, then the loop repeats and so on...

 

Yep some of these are a bit expensive but all is very logical ideas and future thinking.

 

They can get their products and deliveries outside of the no parking times.

 

Not all businesses can do this, and this won't work. I think the smaller deliveries should be taken care during all hours, larger deliveries could wait for less traffic hours.

[CDTA]

Whatever happend to the idea of banning parking on the corners of narrow streets so the buses can turn? I know up here the buses have to run on the sidewalk to turn onto Hackett Blvd.