Emily Gallagher, a Greenpoint Assembly Member and transit advocate, began commuting to Albany by car due to poor transit connections. After selling her car, she rediscovered the joys of city life and the challenges of car dependency. Gallagher highlighted how driving dictated her routine, dominating her time and disconnecting her from her environment. She concluded that car ownership became an unwanted burden, realizing that transit could provide a greater connection to the city. Her decision to switch to train commuting marked a significant personal and advocacy shift in her approach to transport.
If you have a car, you end up driving everywhere because you're on a track of having to move your car. You use it to drive to work because you have to move it anyway.
You're required to be a highway driver just to get into the parking lot. It disconnects you from the life of the city.
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