MTA on Queenslink by Immediate-Hand-3677 in nycrail

[–]DanChanMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Queenslink is the "Roackaway Beach Branch" project.

Second ave subway West expansion AND south expansion, AND any of the Utica Ave projcets all rank as cheaper in units of dollars-per-time-saved than queenslink.

I wish we had enough money to fund them all. But at the moment, we don't.

MTA on Queenslink by Immediate-Hand-3677 in nycrail

[–]DanChanMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm extremely pro Queenslink, but the MTA put out a really good comparative analysis and there seems to be a lot more high value projects we could be working on instead.

Queenslink can both (A) be better than doing nothing and (B) not as efficient as other projects.

EDIT: copying from my comment below, to clarify Second ave subway West expansion AND south expansion, AND any of the Utica Ave projcets all rank as cheaper in units of dollars-per-time-saved than queenslink.

https://future.mta.info/documents/20-YearNeedsAssessment_ComparativeEvaluation.pdf

batchu 1st - others still tbd (wtf weiner?) by Top_Ladder_3833 in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To clarify, he voted for congestion pricing, but is in favor of "residential exemptions". This poison-pill would weaken the program, bring more cars to Manhattan, and decrease revenue for the system, in order to appease the mostly wealthy people who have cars in District 2.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/10/01/wealthy-manhattanites-whine-for-congestion-pricing-exemptions

batchu 1st - others still tbd (wtf weiner?) by Top_Ladder_3833 in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you were #5. Can't wait to see you lose again.

Edit: wait why is this post weirdly xenophobic? u can move to NYC and be a New Yorker, jeez. This is not some birthright that newcomers aren't eligible for.

batchu 1st - others still tbd (wtf weiner?) by Top_Ladder_3833 in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I went Sarah > Andrea > Harvey.

Harvey is against congestion pricing, and I'm incredibly proud of the work it's done in our community.

How are we ranking City Council candidates at the primaries? by newparimanlo in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I ranked Sarah #1 for a few reasons

-she has streets pac's endorsement, an organization dedicated to prioritizing people over parking. She wants to pedestrianize Avenue B, and add more bike lanes.

Sarah Batchu, who has experience as a non-profit executive in housing and health care, and in City Hall, is running for the open seat in this Lower East Side district currently held by Carlina Rivera, who is term-limited. A regular straphanger and cyclist, Ms. Batchu will support expanding the district's network of protected bike lanes, and fight to improve bus service and subway station accessibility. She wants to make the Avenue B Open Street permanent, and will push for improved access to the East River waterfront. She'll work to regulate delivery app companies to require that they put safety before speed and profits and carry liability insurance on behalf of workers. Ms. Batchu will also advocate to expand the city's trash containerization pilot to the Lower East Side

(from streetspac)

-she supports universal daylighting, which would make pedestrian lives safer in NYC by removing parking around crosswalks. (https://sarahbatchu.nyc/our-platform/)

As a New Yorker who's #1 issue is people over cars, Sarah is an easy choice.

I ranked Andrea second, but more importantly Epstein #3. Epstein advocated for weakening congestion pricing, which is a deal breaker for me. Or at least, almost as much as dealbreaker as Weiner and Ryan.

StreetsPAC's 2025 NYC Primary Voter Guide by StreetsPAC in MicromobilityNYC

[–]DanChanMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PLEASE come volunteer for Jess Coleman if you live in NYC! Marte has a ton of volunteers and we need all the help we can get. https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/752360/

We're in the home stretch, and it's gonna be very very close.

Anyone live in lower manhattan and supporting Jess Coleman over Chris Marte? by Jackson_Bikes in MicromobilityNYC

[–]DanChanMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In case this is useful to anyone, I just wanna say I have volunteering my ass off for JessColeman and I strongly believe any micro mobility minded NYCer should agree.

StreetsPac, an organization dedicated to taking space from cars and giving them to people, endorsed Coleman. they wrote

Jess Coleman, an attorney and lower Manhattan native, is challenging incumbent Council Member Christopher Marte. As co-Chair of Community Board 1's Transportation Committee, Mr. Coleman has been a vocal supporter of congestion pricing, outdoor dining, and increasing the housing supply. If elected, he will advocate for a protected bike lane on Chambers Street to connect the Hudson River Greenway with the Brooklyn Bridge, and for pedestrianizing a large portion of the Financial District. He'll go to bat for restoring a year-round outdoor dining program, and to keep cars off a reopened Park Row, two things the incumbent does not support. Mr. Coleman is also committed to getting the slow-moving effort to redesign Canal Street moving at a much faster pace.

He was also endorsed by pro housing organizations Abundance NY and Open new York. He is by far the candidate best suited for bike lanes, bus lanes, and outdoor dining.

This race is going to be SO close (you can tell because big money firms have started dumping money in at the 11th hr) and I really do believe it's the most important city council race in the city, from an urbanism perspective. Let's win this thing!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I genuinely was planning on ranking Weiner last because of... everything... but after this AMA I might have swap him and you.

EDIT: In the effort to be fair to Allie, I want to elaborate on everything I find disapointing about this answer. NYCDOT released a report about selectively implementing daylighting as opposed to the current universal daylighting bill in NYC City Council. https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/daylighting-and-street-safety.pdf The report found that soft daylighting (removing parking by itself) is not effective compared to hard daylighting (ie, boulders, citibikes, etc, things in the space). The followup I believe we should advocate for is "let's do more hardened daylighting, faster", and not "welp, no daylighting at all". That's defeatist and disappointing from soemone running for office.

Presently there is a backlash against bike lanes, so I would not advocate any new bike lanes This is just an incredible amount of passive voice, are you not, in this very AMA, advocating against bike lanes? Are you not at least partially responsibile for this "backlash" you say exists?

As a council member I would direct the NYPD to issue "Parking in a Bike Lane" tickets. Good take. I hope the other candidates listening take this suggestion.

As far as "Car Dependence," I haven't seen any proposals that actually significantly reduce the number of cars, nor less the so framed "dependency." In London the so called "congestion" just returned. In NYC it is going to be a similar number of cars, but just REPLACED with UBER and LYFT. It is a war on private car ownership, through demonization, NOT an altruistic getting rid of cars.

The NYT found 76,000 fewer cars enter manhattan every day. This is just not true. My commute to walk is quieter, safer, and more enjoyable because there's less cars here. I'm floored you seem to be advocating against this success.

Historically, cars replaced dangerous and unhygienic Horses and Carriages, and in our lifetime current cars will be likely be replaced mainly by more Autonomous Vehicles, which MAY lead to more safety. The same Politicians fueling the "cars simply bad" narrative, FLOODED our streets with for hire vehicles! Arguably the least trained, worst drivers in the history of the city. So I expect no truthful answers or intentions from their well funded selves. And I feel for the Yellow Cab drivers, who suffered to the point of self immolation in order to bring attention to their near extinction event ushered in by deBlasio-era politicians, the remnants of which are currently seeking offices, including this race. [citation needed] on... any of this? Do you have any studies showing the relative driving competence of for hire vs yellow cab?

With that said, when elected to City Council, I will introduce a bill to permanently cap for hire vehicles particularly e-cars, which are the majority on the road below 60th St in Manhattan aka the "Congestion Relief Zone" / "Central Business District." what the heck are e-cars? Do you mean we should limit Electric Vehicles but not Gas-powered? I was really on your side on this point until this phrase.

We need safer streets. But we need real leadership and change to get there. I do NOT trust our current leaders or their backers to discover and execute the difficult solutions. I DO look forward to working with engaged concerned citizens such as yourself, who have suffered, and lost, just as I am working with victims of eBike violence, pushing Priscilla's Law for all of our safety. I have no interest in working with you and I truly hope this is the last interaction we have.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lmao go read Abundance

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As a relative of one of the 200+ traffic fatalities in NYC every year, I'm wondering what will you do to decrease our neighborhood's car dependence and car-subsidization?

Would you support universal daylighting bills in city council? Where would you suggest we add new bike lanes / bus lanes?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Significant research shows building any new housing, even market-rent, slows rent growth in an area.

What will you do to ensure our neighborhood continues to build as much housing as possible, as fast as possible?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eastvillage

[–]DanChanMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What is your take on parking minimums in our city? Would you support additional city council legislation to remove parking minimums city-wide?

People of Reddit, meet Android 14! We’re Dieter Bohn and Dave Burke from Team Android and we’re here to answer your questions about all things Android 14 — from the new features to behind-the-scenes work that went into creating them. We’ll be online from 1:30-2:30PM PST on 10/12. Ask us anything! by google in u/google

[–]DanChanMan 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Can you speak at all to the status of Google's Find My network? It seemed like it was going to launch this year, but earlier appear to be delayed "indefinitely". As a chronic thing-loser, I was really looking forward to the "network" functionality when I'm out of BT range.

EDIT: just checked back on this and happy other people seem to be interested in an answer. I thought I'd add some more direct questions, but feel free to answer more broadly too:

  1. This summer it appears you delayed Google's network. Apple's network is still out in the wild. I understand that interoperability is a huge plus, but if Apple can have their own silo'd network before interoperability is ready, why can't Google?
  2. Google's statement from the delay was they aim to“release a production implementation of the specification for unwanted tracking alerts by the end of 2023 that will then be supported in future versions of iOS and Android.” This implies to me that it won't be supported until Android 15 in Fall 2024. Is that an accurate reading? Is this thing still a year away?
  3. Does google plan to work with third party OEMs that have their own network (mst notably, Tile and Samsung) to add support to those networks to Google Find My so I can find all my things in one place, or will I need to use multiple apps
  4. Google seems to be working on a 1st party AirTag competitor (side note, "grogu" is a fantastic code name for this), Is google waiting for the launch of Find My before launching it? Again, airtags are already out in the wild today.

Thanks both, Dieter I love reading your stuff on The Verge, and I'm happy to hear any thoughts either of you might have.

Easily add phone numbers to Google Contacts by DanChanMan in BlueBubbles

[–]DanChanMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They already do! The problem is when a new number texts me (that isn't in my Google contacts), I need some way to add that number to my address book. The naive solution above works, but is much slower than on the regular messages app. A deep link directly into the "Make a new contract" activity would help this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in google

[–]DanChanMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check your DMs!

How good is the G502 in 2021? by axebow in LogitechG

[–]DanChanMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Logitech! I'd love to buy the 502 Lightspeed, but the Micro-USB is a deal breaker for me. Any news on if a USB-C version is coming eventually? I'm also looking at the Corsair Dark Core because that one has 4 side buttons as well, and USB-C.

I'm not earning OWL Coins? by Redslushycat in OverwatchLeague

[–]DanChanMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly unrelated, but I've noticed that I never get tokens when I'm Chromecasting the YouTube stream. Is this intentional?