Why do so many NY'ers defend driving so much?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I saw this with congestion pricing. Now I see it with the redesign of Grand Army Plaza and the median on Park Avenue. We have such robust public transportation, and yet people still want to drive and will be upset if something upsets this. Why not fight for more money to make the subway, bike lanes, pedestrian routes, or buses better? If you hate congestion, why do you want more cars on the road or to make driving easier? This is what causes congestion, and studies find that adding lanes doesn't fix congestion. What fixes congestion is getting cars off the road. You see this every time the city proposes new bike lanes or the walking lanes on 8th Ave. I just don't get it. In Texas and California, they keep adding lanes, but their traffic is abysmal. NYC is also super compact with no room for more lanes anyway. The space is better for green spaces and making the city better for walking or micromobility. I say this all as someone who commutes over an hour into midtown from the outer boroughs, so I am not one of the people who is located centrally in Manhattan. It is a pain sometimes to travel into The City via the Subway, but so is driving, and it is costly to the environment/monthly bills. Hell, MTA is free transit if you don't give a shit.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Best-Candle8651"> /u/Best-Candle8651 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/1t1fpci/why_do_so_many_nyers_defend_driving_so_much/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/1t1fpci/why_do_so_many_nyers_defend_driving_so_much/">[comments]</a></span>