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In addition if IBX would be great even if it were privately operated. If you look at Florida & what they just recently did with the Brightline. Can you imagine if NYC did similar?

Came back to update on my message and I am assuming RU-vid deleted my prior message to my prior message. So when I have time I will rewrite my prior prior message. But I finally got to ride the Q4. And yes it is free up until March 30. They added more buses to the line to offset the increase in ridership. Unlike the first week it started this time there was a sign where the boxes with notices are stating the bus was free. The outside of the buses the signage say Q4 is a free bus and the date range of Sept. 24, 2023 to March 30, 2024. And it is lighted up with a special green color. This time the fare box is sealed off so there are no accidental payment with signs saying Q4 is "Fare Free until 03/30/24". Even the OMNY won't let you pay and is lit up in green letters as well stating Q4 is "Fare Free until 03/30/24". With the increase in ridership and the additional buses added to the line, several things happened this was the quickest times to get on off the bus which sped up travel time, example a 10 minute trip is now 5 minutes, 8 minutes the most this time was 8 because of the weather (there was heavy rain slowing traffic). But the quicker travel time is also because of the additional buses which reduced traffic along the line because there were no buses slowing traffic. So traffic has improved a long the line. But the buses is way less crowded, extremely quick to get on and off of, and really quick to get to the destination. There are $1 vans along this line and they are hurting because no one rides them anymore because the bus is free as opposed to paying $2 for a van. Everyone is willing to wait for the bus now.

@@ExploringFate Thanks for this. I was wondering what the free routes would look like bc I imagine more people would ride them.

Thanks for that! I was tossing around the idea of true costs of things for another video. I'll keep this in mind.

@@UrbanCaffeineI think it’s worthwhile. As I was saying in another post.. remember the subways were bought by the city pre-WW2 because they weren’t profitable to be run privately. Yes, it was the depression but as much as I hate to spin it in this context… 25% unemployment is 75% employment.

@@JimAllen-Persona No. it was because the City actively drove the IRT and BMT out of business. Mayor Walker hated the entire concept of private companies running the subways, and he and his allies went after them. The City built the IND subway lines right next to the IRT and BMT lines to draw ridership away. The City forbade the BMT and IRT from raising fares to make the lines solvent. And finally, the City forbade the BMT and IRT from building new subway lines far from the IND..

One of the major negative externalities you didn't mention was that COVID superspreader events have been traced directly to bus travel. If you're worried about catching COVID or flu, you'd be wise to drive your own car, not ride a bus,

Nothing is easy when it comes to NYC infrastructure

St Louis? Eww.

@@rafaeluryayev7174stop being so arrogant

I used to bike in the Bronx up until my late teens despite robbers knocking me off bike and stealing it when I was a pre-teen. Later on I got myself a hybrid trek bike and really enjoyed using it, but I stopped a few years before covid because it was big and inconvenient inside elevators. I think the Citi Bike program is cool, but now I just don't ride at all and it is not because of robbers or laziness. I'm just plain scared of cars. A friend of mine had his leg broken in a hit and run and I don't even have health insurance. Cars and accidents scare the hell out of me... especially in a country without universal healthcare. Too bad because I regularly look at folding bikes. I can tell I want to be out there, but I can't afford to deal with the consequences of an accident.

It's 9 minutes , indulge ...

And it's downgraded to bus "rapid transit".

Best comment on the IBX so far; you're thinking what I'm thinking! 👍👍🙂

A viaduct can work too

It's easier for a politician to show up and stamp their name on a shiny new project. There's no kudos for maintaining something.

Was it tossed in the Atlantic and shored up in Guyana? Cause that would be funny. 😂

Public bike sharing is a good idea in theory, but there are a lot of logistical problems to figure out. I don't think NY is in that state to bring on bike sharing so I doubt it would happen (at least not in our lifetimes).

In Madrid the bike share is now completely free, and also fully electric. but it is still less used than the citibikes in nyc. the greatest determinant of usage will be biking infrastructure, i.e. more protected bike lanes.

The subway used to be private companies, but because they never made money, the MTA took over. The thing is a lot of Japanese rail companies are actually real estate companies, the majority of their revenue is from development and retail leases around their stations. When the MTA took over from the original IRT, BMT, and IND companies, it didn't had the vision or it was too expensive to acquire more land to develop around subway properties, so the MTA relies heavily on fares, toll fees, and state funding.

@@dynasty0019 I think that had been true until Japanese real estate “bubble” economy bursted in mid 90’s. As you can see, for example, JR East, one of major train operations, their PL statement from recent years (excluding COVID years), their the most income source is transportation business, not real estate (including station, hotel and etc) business unit.

American exceptionalism. 😞

Nice they are cute

Yeah, I've witnessed two Citibike crashes. One the rider was just really shaken up, the other had to go to the hospital. In that first one the car was more damaged than the bike

It’s over crowded already, in a smaller population area.

@@obifox6356 It's not overcrowded. Some people rather take a Light Rail while others use a subway line.

Low floor trams? Ugh, that's a terrible choice. At least with high floor trams and high platform stations the light rail can be upgraded to light rail with heavy rail characteristics. Driverless automatic operation, too.

@@edwardmiessner6502 Low floor trams isn't a terrible choice, it's a safe choice and easy to get back on the platform. Besides, anyone who fell from the high platform and can't get back up before the train comes, it's a struggle when no nearby assistance to help a person.

It’s expensive for the owner (Lyft) considering that the maintenance cost for them is too high to justify the 5% of profits it gains from that business. But yeah, roads and subways are generally more expensive to maintain, but Lyft doesn’t own or operate those.

Yeah, biking being transportation instead of leisure mostly works in cities with lower travel demand on bad weather days (like beach cities).

If the infrastructure is there for it, biking can be used in horrible weather and the amount of trips will decline at the same rate as car trips.

@@stevenroshni1228it can work in other cities too, look at how it’s booming in European cities.

That's not how that works. The businesses on Washington ave need to advocate for better pedestrian access and bike lines along their street. It is unpleasant for potential customers because of loud and smelly cars heading to and from Atlantic ave. So, remove or partially remove car access and their businesses will benefit.

I’m a driver and they can cohabitate. I’m also a Patron because I support her ideas. She’s not really fighting cars as much as advocating for alternatives. Cars aren’t going anywhere but there are plenty of places in the city where a car is not necessary nor is it the best option.

Neither are the cars' brake dust, hazmat dribblings, and choking fumes. 🤢🤒 Nor their accidents. 🤕😵💀