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@helplessdelta
the idea here being commerce actually happens in the middle of the street and not, y'know, *inside the businesses* where goods and services are exchanged for money.
[Quoted tweet]
Congestion pricing killing NYC businesses…noon today..
2/100
@mosb1000
It is so weird how these guys just flipped a switch from "it's a cash grab that won't help with traffic" to "it's killing the city because all the cars are gone" without any backlash at all. Shouldn't people be calling this out?
3/100
@helplessdelta
In the span of 10 days we've gone from: It'll never work > it's not working > it's too early to tell if it's working > it's working too well > gridlock traffic was good, actually.
Olympic-level mental gymnastics.
4/100
@violacesario_
Hey Derrick, how do people get to stores
5/100
@helplessdelta
if you squint there's actually a hint right in the center of the image.
6/100
@BSaarX
Bro wants people to take a new TV on the subway cause of climate change lol
7/100
@TravelsCharlie
The pro pricing folks are saying the opposite of the anti pricing folks. Truth be told, neither side knows what the outcome will be. It's a bold experiment.
8/100
@pjcboro
Deliberately misunderstanding that people have to actually get there with their money?
9/100
@Dangerbug
Its math. 10% less people means 10% less rev from those people
10/100
@joshuatheard
They drive on the street to get "inside the business"?
11/100
@fukkthor
Has anyone ever seen someone park at a store in Manhattan to shop?
12/100
@mtlavo
Right, or that every business in manhattan is a drive thru!
13/100
@SCLP1GP
Also, I’m not sure 100 people drive to a Manhattan coffee shop to curb park for a cappuccino daily… maybe cabbies lol.
14/100
@zing_reali
over a million people a day enter Manhattan, many shop while there, many drive cars, now there will be less, just like they want - a gated community where the servants come to change the sheets and fix the plumbing
15/100
@bluzoan
You never bought at that middle of the street popup shop in traffic? Sad
16/100
@woopdedoodahhh
It's awesome that the streets are empty. We can probably make them narrower now and let more people shop/eat/be entertained
17/100
@jeffthoimo
Boy, the stores in SF must be super busy
18/100
@AdamBomb1776
You do realize there’s a reason when you shop for a retail location “foot traffic” and “car traffic” are two of the most important metrics to loo for right???
19/100
@JohnMattiace
I’ve traveled extensively to secondary and tertiary American cities and being from NYC I was always struck by the way the streets and downtowns were eerily empty of traffic, even in the middle of a workweek. The energy, action, and power of that was palpably absent and among other things, causes one to just want to leave. The activists here seem to have successfully turned NYC into one of those towns.
20/100
@anon2176
How do you think those people get to the businesses? Maybe in the cars, Ubers, and taxis that used to be in the street?
21/100
@SevendersOTW
Lol
22/100
@BrickVersetti
I don’t think you have a idea of how much people are avoiding the zone
23/100
@despair
He says it’s noon but the clock in the background says 7am
24/100
@NastyNelf
Everyone seems to believe that cars are the only way people are getting around and they can't possibly be walking or using transit.
25/100
@BobaCyclist
Fact- and evidence-shy people love posting a photo and claiming “congestion pricing is killing businesses” by posting photos of roads.
26/100
@NaiZeni
Like do they know bikes and delivery services exist?
27/100
@PaulKrikler
Looks like all those lanes aren't needed for cars any more. So many better ways that space could be used to benefit *so* many more people than currently.
28/100
@cramersCoke
Bro posted a pic of less congestion on Herald fcking Square and says that commerce is dead. What a grift. This is the most transit rich 2 block-radius in the world.
29/100
@Conortmccartne1
Its wild to not see gridlock and people think that's a bad thing
30/100
@CrixusEsq
I'm actually shocked people are avoiding the zone this much.
Derrick, if they ain't in the street, they aren't going into stores. I used to go to B&H in this area and haggle all the time, but between taxes, parking and now this, I cant expect them to make it up.
31/100
@YokohamaRides
Carbrains think cars are more human than people so they look at this picture and think it looks like a ghost town.
32/100
@ImSpartacus18
People prefer to drive. Get over it.
33/100
@foodgod
GERS RIGHT. I WOULD NORMALLY BE SHOPPING ALL DAY. REFUSE TO GIVE THAT TRASH A DOLLAR. NOT DRIVING IN. ONE SHOPPER GONE!!
34/100
@foodgod
Oh never mind you’re from Brooklyn. Irrelevant convo
35/100
@Keihndeth
I wouldn't expect an equirt advocate to understand how traffic and business work.
36/100
@elsalomebarojas
What an absolutely stupid fukking take.
37/100
@LibertyAngelo
Do the people teleport into the store Derrick?
38/100
@venividimessui
Looking forward to 6 months from now when you blame businesses shutting down on racism
39/100
@EverIntrigued
Biker bro transplants with no sense of logic and economics have caused an artificial covid like situation below 60th Street. The woke mind virus & cult ideologies are preventing them from understanding how they have killed businesses that barely survived in the post covid era.
40/100
@LoganTeix
The point is less people are finding excuses to go spend money in the city, leaving only the people who use the city to live and work rather than leisure.
41/100
@abstrusely
Oh nice, Derrick is retarded.
42/100
@BhagsNStonks
@disco___cat Americans some get it like this one. Many don't
Yeah business isn't booming because cars aren't driving past. Where they cannot even park lololol. Be so cool to see this in Melbourne
43/100
@rjjohnson2
I'll bet the parking businesses are thrilled.
44/100
@kyle_ferriter
Commerce could happen in the street if the city legalized dining stalls and popup vendor stands to reclaim some of that public space for productive purposes.
45/100
@Terpin8or
if the people aren't driving there, walking there, and not physically there - no commerce is happening there.
46/100
@NerdPaulNYC
That looks amazing, also the number of people on the street is pretty normal for non-lunch hours.
47/100
@This_is_ILL_
I mean I don’t see many people on the sidewalks either
48/100
@FNtwo18seven
also it’s cold
49/100
@Rufusthedog66
No kidding. Klling businesses. Why...whoever could have foreseen such a thing.
50/100
@HedonismBot17
Is it possible that congestion pricing could affect businesses in the area negatively? Is it a possibility?
51/100
@ChinnyXO1
This is amazing for delivery drivers
52/100
@punishednozaku
Can’t wait for the “how it’s going” counter part to this tweet.
53/100
@DAB_713
It’s also January and a Monday. Who tf shops or visits NYC after Christmas unless it’s a bday
54/100
@hydr0chaeris
Think of the poor parking garage owners
55/100
@travlingmathieu
imma pin this tweet .. i have feeling it wont age well.
56/100
@demonchef1997
Also commerce happens at noon while everyone is at work.
57/100
@Jinofski
Vibenomics
58/100
@subsue94
59/100
@TomiTot4tot
So easy for people to walk to the business.
60/100
@Michell48882753
I see an emergency vehicle and several buses with roads mostly to themselves and that seems good to me
61/100
@NilsHeadley
Well, since I’ve seen maps of voting farmlands and forests…why not?
62/100
@gtrunner
"The Middle amican mind can't comprehend this" but not the meme, they really can't.
63/100
@tack8110
Who would have guessed???
64/100
@therealgonch
You would have a point if there were more than one person in the photo.
65/100
@Heyis4horses
Pretty sure they mean less people are traveling into the area because of it
66/100
@thesunstriderr
Derrick thinks the country will all form roman marches to enter the city to commence commercial activity
67/100
@43blah
How do people get to businesses?
68/100
@CRYPTO_DOC_G
Yes, people can teleport directly into those stores
69/100
@BefuddledEagle
"Economic depression is when no car" is the most car-brained take a person can have
70/100
@audacityofagay
these people forget 8 million people live IN the city. manhattan doesn't need the car traffic for their businesses to make money
71/100
@SPHdeORD
Derrick, please rethink your position after realizing that getting to the store is a precondition for commerce.
72/100
@Pedrubes
@VendorPower lol
73/100
@CanvasEmpty
As I’ve been saying over and over it’s cold AF and January. Adding the congestion price during the lowest period of people being outside on the east coast makes it seem
74/100
@mikey_nunchucks
They have to like, get to the store
75/100
@AtlPeachtreeGa1
This is going to be a terrific experiment. In a year, the nation can gauge if successful or not.
76/100
@SynTTSNews
I think we need to post links to that scene in Over the Hedge where they mention how the massive SUV usually only sits one person. Maybe that will help people realize that less cars doesn't mean abandonment of cities.
77/100
@Wilcoxjd45209
So, a month from now and if sales - esp at smaller businesses - have fallen, will you then admit there’s a problem?
78/100
@lnsane_dude
Well, some business happens in the street.
79/100
@FactsFactsFact1
Do you see a lot of ppl on the street though?
80/100
@GoneIn59Seconds
public transit is disgusting, unsafe, and too slow.
public transit will not improve because there are less cars.
just remember, people like derrick are not pro-transit they are anti-private vehicles.
p.s. make sure every bike lane that you see you walk in the middle of it
81/100
@JohnGonzales_19
Please don’t interact with these blue checkmark accounts, your interactions will only earn them a paycheck
82/100
@Burback34
And why do you think these stores are conveniently located right off the road and not underground by the subways, y’know where everyone is now..
83/100
@KCAM22x
You can support congestion pricing without saying ridiculous things like this
84/100
@partners_road
Perhaps the most moronic post on Twitter so far in 2025. Setting a very high bar.
85/100
@hereforthecom19
guess what stops people from shopping ? f'ing gridlock.
86/100
@sparky0268_c
But we're hardly seeing hordes of people walking on these streets to spend the money inside these business premises either, are we...
87/100
@DoctorPep117
Believe it or not there were people in the cars, and those people would go to high traffic areas and spend their money
88/100
@palimonykid2006
So the simple question is how many people are in the store? Does anybody know that? How much are they spending? This other shyt is meaningless. You can buy online.The sales numbers are what? What’s the bottom line in the past 9 days? Then you can put 2 and 2 together.
89/100
@CaSoccerProject
You just got San Francisco'd
90/100
@Notonenot2
No cars coming in = no business
91/100
@KKOK132235
I'll ask again, are the people still coming into town and leaving their cars out, or are they just not coming into town.
In which case NYC is finished.
92/100
@ReptilianLvl94
You're not truly American until you convince yourself that land votes and that cars consume goods and services.
93/100
@AntsAmateursNyc
Riddle me this Batman how are they going to repay the 15 billion dollar loan that they took out. They thought congestion pricing tolls would repay the loan... If no cars are on the street no tolls are being paid..
94/100
@richardxchen
Macys is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Let’s make retail shopping even more inconvenient and expensive than online shopping.
Who’s going to spend a ton of money shopping & then take MTA?
Say goodbye to the Macys Thanksgiving parade.
One less attraction for tourists to come see.
95/100
@Ruben_NYC
WOW that looks like they killing the city. Well at least there is less parking tickets, towed cars, and quotas to fill.
96/100
@toddeat
no, it's worse. this is petroleum reverence. four wheeled motor vehicle traffic is sacrament. humans must supplicate themselves to the burning of fossil fuels. "business", in this cult's usage, does not mean *local* employment or trade or benefit at all.
97/100
@PifDe83362
Lockdown easd congestion and everyone got to stay home with their families - let's do it again.
That's the level of argument here.
98/100
@BatemanGilliam
How do the goods get to the store and the seevices get to your home?
99/100
@Freiheit20001
Pedestrian space should be expanded immediately, car lanes reduced.
100/100
@WearyOfChaos
Is that English?
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