"privilege parochial concerns, or a general fear of change, over important policy goals."
"Making it easier to own fewer cars can have a big impact, with New York City car owners typically spending $8,000 more per year on transportation than those solely using transit,"
"The full benefits can only be realized with an enhanced citywide network of bus-priority routes that gets buses moving faster and provides a world-class, dignified experience for bus riders (who are disproportiona"
Zohran Mamdani will appoint Mike Flynn as New York City Department of Transportation commissioner. Flynn worked at DOT from 2005 to 2014 on pedestrian and bicycle programs and rose to director of capital planning and project initiation. Flynn spent the last decade at TYLin and Sam Schwartz Consulting, which merged into TYLin in 2021. Sam Schwartz expects alignment on street design and bus lanes. Flynn has family ties to transit and low-wage transport work. Reducing car dependence is framed as crucial to affordability, and free buses are noted as intriguing but dependent on faster buses and citywide bus-priority routes.
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