@014b0bc7 @dee34601 @b59c91f9 And it's all so self defeating. Economies function better overall when they aren't saddled with subsidizing car dependency. For instance, The Bronx was supposed to get a busway along Fordham Road, its busiest commercial corridor. But it got blocked by the business owners who drive in from the suburbs, even though the busway would have brought extra foot traffic to their stores and improved sales. They just didn't want to take public transit with the poors. 

 @fae51090 @014b0bc7 @b59c91f9 if there’s one thing the whole “back to the office” craze has taught me, it’s that no one in positions of authority is actually using data or research to make decisions, they only cite it when it confirms what they already plan to do. 

 @dee34601 @fae51090 @b59c91f9 It's also clear who butter's their bread. Millions of people happily working from home? No, we can't have that, the commercial real estate scions might get foreclosed on and have to sell their Florida 2nd homes at a loss! Everyone back to the office, stat!