MAY 2,
2007 --
LPR has
been keeping an eye on the tulip beds on Park Avenue and
and 86th Street, and saw, April 28, that the colors, at long
last, were on display. How can one gaze upon a tulip and
not be cheered?
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Signs
of spring on Park Avenue …
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Park
Avenue Pink …
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86th
Street
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New
York City drivers, in particular, are in dire need of cheering. They
must contend with pitted roads (yes, there has been some paving,
but the overall road condition is not worthy of a city boasting of
its standing in the global community).
They
must contend with behemoth buses. They must contend with dwindling
parking curb space -- and with lengthening red lights.
They must contend with swarms of PVB agents in violation of the spirit of one
of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence. They must contend
with high bridge and tunnel tolls.
They must contend with the price squeeze at the gas pump. And soon, apparently,
they must contend with a fee for driving into Manhattan.
For an example of the resilience of the human spirit -- look no farther than
to the motorist who drives into Manhattan two days in succession.
Meanwhile--The
Cabs.
LPR notes with interest the absence of calls from environmentals for a reduction
in the number cabs in Manhattan -- in favor of mass transit.
Hath not a car an internal combustion engine. When you turn its ignition key,
does it not send carbon into the atmosphere?
LPR recalls with fondness a cab strike in 1969. How easy it was, at the time,
for private motorists to drive around Manhattan. Why, then, the silence about
cabs?
Is it at all possible that cabs are the favored mode of urban transit for the
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