New York state lawmakers have agreed to pass a sweeping climate plan
It would be nice for "subway cost control" to be part of that plan: <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/new-york-infrastructure-costs.html" rel="nofollow">http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/new-york-infrastructu...</a>. Subways are among the greenest possible transport modes and yet NYC hasn't built substantial new lines since 1940.<p>This is also the same city that provides copious free and heavily subsidized parking while banning or severely limited 30-pound, highly efficient electric vehicles: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/opinion/electric-scooters-nashville.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/opinion/electric-scooters...</a>.<p>I wonder how we should interpret the city's stated desires versus its actual policies.