so here's a question why don't most New Yorkers own a car? I have a Moped, its fun I just ride a bike
I ride this!! So Sam why don't you own a car? Because I live in New York! so in this
video we are gonna find out why the majority of most New Yorkers do not own
a car let's start with the facts New York is crowded there are 27,000
people per square mile in New York City making it one of the most densely
populated cities on earth for perspective about one in every 38 people
living in the United States lives in New York with that said driving in the city
it can be stressful and you can't get any work done driving a car in a place
like New York time is money nationally 86% drive to work compared
with only 28% of New Yorkers that drives work cars are expensive to own in the
city insurance costs are through the roof are there human gas stations in
Manhattan how many gas stations are in Manhattan 50 this is one of the 50 gas
stations in Manhattan I'm not quite sure the national average price of gas
because I haven't had a car in over ten years but it's a pretty safe bet that
this is probably far more than the price that you're paying wherever you're
watching this from so now your car is all fueled up the next question where do
you park it long-term parking in the city is some of the most expensive in
the world while on the other hand that street parking is the pain in the ass
with changing rules tickets they're inevitable most likely your car will get
ruined unless your Park in your sports car on a rooftop overlooking Midtown
kidding this this isn't my car so what do you do instead it there's plenty of
ways to get around this great city that don't require you to own a car
so the first is obviously a taxi they are everywhere
but during morning rush hour even in New York City Taxi can be hard to come by
you're better off just walking about 10% of New Yorkers walk to work if you're
lucky enough to live in walking distance to your office nothing beats leaving
your apartment and hitting the pavement just because you're walking it doesn't
mean you're immune to the traffic with over 300,000 pedestrians passing through
Times Square daily you're definitely going to get up and close with a few
strangers on your commute to work hello the subway is by far the most popular
choice when it comes to getting around New York with 55% of all commuters in
the city using public transportation the New York subway system it may be old but
it's one of the most reliable in the entire world with over 840 miles of
subway tracks now in my opinion of biking is the fastest way to get around
the city but only one percent of New Yorkers commute via bike and there's a
few reasons for that low number the city isn't exactly biker friendly there are
bike lanes but they are usually more dangerous than the actual road for a bit
of a more in-depth look at why bike lanes aren't necessarily the safest go
check out KC nice tats viral video titled bike lanes I think that was made
in 2012 but so now six years later and the bike ban problem well it really
hasn't changed much another way to get around the city is by using rideshare
apps like uber lyft and a new one called Juno which in my opinion are the most
convenient and stress-free ways to get around the city you just walked out of
that Broadway show or you're in a crowded area like Times Square it can be
difficult for your driver to find you some of these apps have features where
you can have your phone light up a certain color and the driver is notified
to what color you have so you're easy to spot in a crowd the only real drawback
to rideshare apps is the price surge during rush hour the surge can sometimes
be true the actual cost of the ride living in
New York City can be challenging it can be stressful and of course expensive but
for every problem there's always a solution I hope you enjoyed the video
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with that I will see you in the next one