Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/17/todays-headlines-384/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damian http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/17/todays-headlines-384/comment-page-1/#comment-48546 Damian Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:36:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/17/todays-headlines-384/#comment-48546 There was a really disgusting comment on the City Room post about the new Mercedes bus they're testing. One guy comes out as pro-BRT, but talks about how good transit can be used to drive out poor and working-class people from the neighborhoods he clearly covets. I'm re-posting it here because it brings up an important point: livable cities should be for EVERYBODY. quote -------------------- BRT viaducts are a quiet, efficient alternative which, if deployed correctly, could spead the rate at which Bushwick, Bed-Suy, and Red-Hook gentrify. I’d love for the city to set up BRT on Willoughby St. or Lexington Ave, running all the way from Ridgewood to the Atlantic Ave terminal. All those Brownstones in Bed-Stuy would fill instantly with people who could actually be net contributors to the tax base. There was a really disgusting comment on the City Room post about the new Mercedes bus they’re testing. One guy comes out as pro-BRT, but talks about how good transit can be used to drive out poor and working-class people from the neighborhoods he clearly covets. I’m re-posting it here because it brings up an important point: livable cities should be for EVERYBODY.

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BRT viaducts are a quiet, efficient alternative which, if deployed correctly, could spead the rate at which Bushwick, Bed-Suy, and Red-Hook gentrify. I’d love for the city to set up BRT on Willoughby St. or Lexington Ave, running all the way from Ridgewood to the Atlantic Ave terminal. All those Brownstones in Bed-Stuy would fill instantly with people who could actually be net contributors to the tax base.

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