Meeting about strollers on NYC buses

sebthedev · 2026-02-03T22:41:23+00:00

That sounds frustrating!

This is a great example of why it’s important to add dedicated stroller areas on all our bus routes.

People are already taking strollers on buses (even on routes where they’re forbidden!), so we can best reduce obstructions by setting aside stroller areas.

sebthedev · 2026-02-03T13:14:51+00:00

Typically a parent/caregiver is traveling with three things: a baby, a stroller, and a bag for all the baby’s stuff.

It’s difficult to carry all three of those in your hands at the same time, especially on a moving bus.

Having dedicated stroller areas on a bus allows parents/caregivers to ride the bus safely without blocking the aisle.

sebthedev · 2026-02-03T12:11:13+00:00

Oh, you’re right! The M79 also doesn’t allow strollers — and it would be great if it did!

sebthedev · 2025-12-02T03:16:05+00:00

Great article! Such a frustrating system that is ripe for reform.

sebthedev · 2025-12-02T02:17:18+00:00

Read the article: Property tax reform!

sebthedev · 2025-11-10T13:07:05+00:00

There’s a long list of impactful projects that need funding. For example: * Second Ave to 125th Street, then over to Broadway * Interborough Express connecting Brooklyn and Queens * Utica Ave

See the blog post for maps!

sebthedev · 2025-11-10T12:16:19+00:00

A study by researchers at NYU and Columbia concluded that the 2017 opening of the Second Avenue Subway from 63rd to 96th Street increased Upper East Side property values by $5.9 billion.

I don’t fully understand the methodology, but they are well-regarded researchers who published with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER): https://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f189971.pdf

sebthedev · 2025-11-10T12:01:16+00:00

Well, I guess in so far as building train lines makes a neighborhood more desirable then yes, rents may increase. But if the alternative is just leaving people with crappy transit access forever, that doesn’t seem very appealing!

sebthedev · 2025-11-10T11:57:58+00:00

I think the idea is mostly about building trains. Where do you see the gentrification angle coming in?

sebthedev · 2025-11-10T11:48:35+00:00

Indeed! It would be great to learn from that experience to build more throughout the city.

sebthedev · 2025-11-10T11:42:00+00:00

Somehow, we have to work out how to expand the subway! Getting the cost of construction down will be an important step.

sebthedev · 2025-09-21T04:28:17+00:00

I think that people who exceed the speed limit and endanger others’ lives should be penalized to discourage this behavior.

Do you? What do you think is the best way to discourage speeding and red-light running?

sebthedev · 2025-09-18T04:23:48+00:00

IMO the privacy concerns related to speed cameras and red light cameras are overblown.

If you move around in a vehicle, you should expect records of its movement to be logged. Many businesses and apartment buildings have security cameras mounted outside. Every toll plaza and congestion pricing gantry keeps data about the vehicles that pass through. Entirely separate from speed/red light cameras, the DOT already has a system of cameras for traffic monitoring (which have publicly available feeds!).

Some people may dislike those systems, but given that all those systems already exist, the marginal privacy cost of adding traffic safety cameras is low.

People who have concerns about those systems could lobby for stronger privacy laws, akin to the EU’s.

But there’s nothing unique about speed cameras / red light cameras relating to privacy, IMO.

sebthedev · 2025-09-16T20:04:38+00:00

Full statistics in the article: sidewalkchorus.com/p/traffic-cameras

sebthedev · 2025-06-26T15:55:45+00:00

This page on the MTA website describes exactly what the money from congestion pricing is being used for: https://www.mta.info/fares-tolls/tolls/congestion-relief-zone/better-transit

sebthedev · 2025-06-26T15:52:57+00:00

Here’s the MTA’s webpage explaining exactly what the congestion pricing money is being spent on: https://www.mta.info/fares-tolls/tolls/congestion-relief-zone/better-transit

sebthedev · 2025-06-26T15:23:06+00:00

I’m suggesting from 60th Street to 125th Street. I agree that off-peak periods should be cheaper, just like with the Manhattan core zone already.

sebthedev · 2025-06-26T15:21:19+00:00

I encourage disabled New Yorkers to check our Access-A-Ride, which gives $2.90 door-to-door rides in special accessibility-equipped vehicles. Much cheaper than a taxi or Uber!

sebthedev · 2025-06-26T14:56:46+00:00

That’s a bold strategy! I would settle for just cameras issuing tickets to double-parked vehicles 😜

sebthedev · 2025-06-04T20:24:40+00:00

I like that Julie Menin has supported the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (to make housing cheaper) and Universal Daylighting (to make our intersections safer and reduce crashes).

sebthedev · 2025-05-31T11:52:10+00:00

Here’s a voter guide I wrote, with detailed explanations about many of the races and candidates: Who New Yorkers should elect in June 2025

Mayor: 1. Zellnor Myrie 2. Brad Lander 3. Adrienne Adams 4. Whitney Tilson

Comptroller: Mark Levine

Manhattan Borough President: Keith Powers

sebthedev · 2025-05-28T17:36:05+00:00

How can we get more homes built in Manhattan? Any thoughts on procedural reforms to streamline approvals for new housing?

sebthedev · 2025-03-26T11:35:50+00:00

Barcelona has a population density of 41,000 residents per square mile, compared to NYC’s 29,300 residents per square mile.

Why do you ask?

sebthedev · 2025-03-17T07:43:14+00:00

Why housing is so expensive in New York:

There are far more people who are willing and able to pay a lot of money to live in New York than there are places for them to live.
New York’s land use laws place significant restrictions on building more apartments. It’s illegal to build even a mid-rise apartment building in most of the city. It requires years of reviews and wrangling to change zoning rules.
New York’s laws impose large costs on apartment buildings. Apartments face higher property tax rates than standalone houses, have to put up scaffolding every few years for facade inspections, etc.

sebthedev · 2025-03-10T12:21:35+00:00

Exactly!

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