Will Sandy Turn New Yorkers Into Bike Commuters?

Will Sandy Turn New Yorkers Into Bike Commuters? newyorker.com/online/blogs/c… via @newyorker #commuting
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Permalink Reply by Cameron 7.5 mi on November 4, 2012 at 6:42pm

Do you have a source on few Manhattanites using public transit? Given the high numbers of car free households, that would seem counterintuitive.

Mike Zumwalt said:

Manhattan is so dense and unaffordable that most people who live there don't bike or use mass transit they cab it or have a chauffeur.

If you live outside of the city you have to take a train or carpool with a minimum of 3 people+ no way to get in by bike from Jersey or Connecticut.

Over 22 million people live in the metro area and if you don't want to bike I don't see any change happening soon, beside lower Manhattan is below sea level anyway and built on a literal garbage dump so any future storms will affect it the same way and biking through 4 feet of water is not something most people will do.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on November 4, 2012 at 10:48pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_New_York_City

Of all people who commute to work in New York City, 41% use the subway, 24% drive alone, 12% take the bus, 10% walk to work, 2% travel by commuter rail, 5% carpool, 1% use a taxi, 0.6% ride their bicycle to work, and 0.2% travel by ferry.^[11] 54% of households in New York City do not own a car, and rely on public transportation.