I buy my staples from Freshdirect, and I do it because the only store within walking distance is about 50% more expensive than freshdirect, with less selection and generally lower quality to boot.

In my opinion, deliveries are a necessity — even if you push consumer deliveries onto pedestrian carts, like what UPS, DHL, and Fedex do in some areas, you are still going to have businesses requiring serious inventory loading. The right solution to this problem is not to demonize the double-parkers (wrong though they may bey), but rather to legitimate them by eliminating curbside parking in favor of loading zones.

FRESH DIRECT TRUCKS are a crime.

Question – when all NYer’s can walk to a store
why do they need Fresh Direct anyway – whose
trucks are always double parked?

Elect me “Mayor of NYC” and I will make DOUBLE PARKING a crime punishable by forfieture of the vehicle. The city will then auction off the vehicles and use the money towards mass transit.

DOUBLE PARKED CARS are a crime.

DOUBLE PARKED CARS are a crime.

He blamed the parked cars for the pathetic speed of most city buses.

As a fellow M96 user, its unfortunate knowing that the M96 is probably the early leader in the 2008 race to the bottom given the massive construction project the MTA is going to ramp up at the 96th & Broadway intersection to redo that station. Given the length of time that the construction will take, the M96 may have the 2009 and 2010 prizes wrapped up already too.