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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
3w ago
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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.

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