The Central Park Conservancy opposes horse-drawn carriages due to safety concerns, road damage, and incompatibility with the park's increasing visitors. They support a City Council bill to ban the industry.
Hoover emphasized that while deploying the National Guard to D.C. is legally permissible, it's a terrible idea that normalizes military intervention for crime issues.
"Safer streets and better public transit continue to be winning issues for politicians," said Eric McClure, executive director of StreetsPAC, who openly taunted former Gov. Andrew Cuomo hours after his defeat by transit champion Zohran Mamdani.
Illich's aphorism: "Beyond a certain speed, motorized vehicles create remoteness which they alone can shrink." This insight challenges the illusion of efficiency provided by high-speed travel.