Comment on German man says american are savages
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks agoIf you genuinely believe that there are no car and oil lobbyists in local politics, especially in a city as big and famous as NYC then you are completely out of touch with reality.
Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There are, but their effects are negligible on design, they mostly just try and prevent breakout policies that could gain nationwide appeal like the congestion changes they made recently, that and foster business relationships with parking garages and other aligned interests.
That to say they don’t need to attend a public meeting. They get private meetings.