&gt; Street congestion is increasingly a problem, not so much because it slows down private cars but because it slows down buses. Those bus delays in turn increase subway ridership, and overcrowding slows trains loading and unloading.<p>I think the issue is population growth not matching funding (or Albany robbing us).  I don&#x27;t doubt that this contributes, but I&#x27;d be surprised to see people switching from buses to subway being a leading cause of subway congestion.<p>&gt; Although uber does probably deserve some of the blame t<p>Again this seems like a really small thing.  I doubt uber created many new taxis, so much as absorbed yellow&#x2F;livery cabs.  I&#x27;m sure it has an effect but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s the core issue.<p>&gt; The answer is a congestion fee like Bloomberg wanted to put in.<p>100% agreed with the congestion fee, bummed it didn&#x27;t happen.<p>&gt; That leaves the majority of Manhattan with spare subway capacity to move people around.<p>I don&#x27;t think this is true.  One of the reasons the green line is so overcrowded is because so many people work on that line.  It&#x27;s not only about where people live.  If you put people next to the E, it doesn&#x27;t mean they only take the E.<p>&gt; it is because of crowding on the Lexington line that I suggested densification should start at the south-west part of the neighborhood which has access to the sixth avenue line subways.<p>I agree that we should rezone and that the preservation stuff is a nightmare.