NYC Roads

[RobbieL2415]

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

Meh.  25 mph was a good one.  If enforcement isn't cutting it now, it certainly won't at 20.

Is there even an objective, factual basis for this?

[Rothman]

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

Meh.  25 mph was a good one.  If enforcement isn't cutting it now, it certainly won't at 20.

Is there even an objective, factual basis for this?

For lowering the speed limit?

Let's just say requests for speed limit reductions on State-owned roads come in regularly to NYSDOT and are regularly rejected for not being warranted...

Whether the City has an engineering-based check on people who just think lower speed limits are a panacea...I don't know...

[D-Dey65]

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

Meh.  25 mph was a good one.  If enforcement isn't cutting it now, it certainly won't at 20.

I guess the people calling for this are forgetting that we have cars so we can go faster than horses and buggies. That and not having to leave horse or other animal shit on the streets. Are they seriously trying to bring us back to 19th Century speed limits?

 

[Rothman]

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

Meh.  25 mph was a good one.  If enforcement isn't cutting it now, it certainly won't at 20.

I guess the people calling for this are forgetting that we have cars so we can go faster than horses and buggies. That and not having to leave horse or other animal shit on the streets. Are they seriously trying to bring us back to 19th Century speed limits?

 

I don't know.  I know some people floor it and then smash their brakes when lights turn on Manhattan -- and then subsequently must get brake work done every six months -- but, 25 mph is a good NY speed limit in my experience.  Sure, you can hit 35 or so, but any faster than that, you become one of those bad drivers that never misses a turn, which ticks everyone off, locals and whoever else alike.

[vdeane]

I guess the people calling for this are forgetting that we have cars so we can go faster than horses and buggies. That and not having to leave horse or other animal shit on the streets. Are they seriously trying to bring us back to 19th Century speed limits?

It's not so much as they forgot as they view the proliferation of cars as a mistake which they seek to undo.

[NoGoodNamesAvailable]

NYC has speed cameras that go off when you go 10 mph over, now they can get money from people doing 30.

[crispy93]

Here's some dashcam pics of the new lane configuration on the Major Deegan northbound at the Cross-Bronx. They re-allocated one of the lanes from the service road to be an exit lane for the CBX: https://imgur.com/a/tXxnIJR

[The Ghostbuster]

Given how constrained the city's road system is, its a wonder anyone can get anywhere in the city by car. As much as mass transit is promoted, it can't provide doorstep-to-destination transport 24/7 without waiting, transfers, or plenty of walking to and from the stops. That is why most people utilize cars and shun mass transit; they want to be able to travel on their own schedule, not when someone else dictates.

[Rothman]

Given how constrained the city's road system is, its a wonder anyone can get anywhere in the city by car. As much as mass transit is promoted, it can't provide doorstep-to-destination transport 24/7 without waiting, transfers, or plenty of walking to and from the stops. That is why most people utilize cars and shun mass transit; they want to be able to travel on their own schedule, not when someone else dictates.

I think the majority in NYC utilizes public transit, not the minority.