hollow-fox t1_jbjq87a wrote on March 9, 2023 at 3:24 PM

Reply to comment by dumberthenhelooks in Upper West Side votes against proposed rest stop for delivery workers at 72nd Street by mowotlarx

It’s almost like we could convert two free parking spaces that serve two people for a hundred or so bikes. Why are they competing for sidewalk space?

dumberthenhelooks t1_jbjyrom wrote on March 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM

I’m always happy to get rid of parking spaces, but the reason they congregate where they do is bc it’s an easy location for them to pick up deliveries and that’s the fault of the apps. So it would be a moving target at which point you’re giving a business free real estate. I would like the apps and the restaurants to pay for this inconvenience personally. I should note. I don’t use DoorDash or Uber eats and almost never seamless, I’d rather just call a local restaurant with its own delivery people and not a chain restaurant

hollow-fox t1_jbjzckd wrote on March 9, 2023 at 4:23 PM

I stopped ordering door dash after VC stopped subsidizing it - maybe like 5 years ago haha. I just realized the solution was for me to call a restaurant for pickup and bike myself. Turns out it was quicker, cheaper, and plus side of exercise.

But yeah, in reality pedestrians suffer because the side walk is so much smaller than roads with parking for cars. I am all for eliminating all free parking and returning the space to bikes and pedestrians.