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Cars were subtracted, but pedestrians weren't added. The direct cost of this policy is pretty obvious. When people can't park in a parking garage on Market, and when Uber and Lyft can't pick people up and drop people off on the street, it makes businesses on the street less attractive to visit.

— Noah Smith
2mo ago
whyisthisinteresting
The Mobile Lounge Edition

One of the ways I like to describe Hong Kong—one of my favorite cities—is that it's a vision for the future that still might arrive. The Central Mid-Levels Escalator that starts at Queen's Road and rises through Hong Kong's hills opened in 1993, and gives off strong vibes that whoever built it was sure this was a thing that would exist everywhere someday.

3mo ago

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