“‘What, you still have a car in the city?’ The well-meaning friend who had driven in from the suburbs for dinner with us let her fork slip into the fondue. ‘When are you going to get rid of it?’” 
Keeping a car in New York City comes with all sorts of its own hassles, @nytimes reported in 1970: the nightly pre-martini search for a parking spot for the next day (post-martini is too late — by then the spots are all gone). And of course: the costs. nyti.ms/3iLEuyN
Today, many of those hassles and costs still exist. For many taxi-taking, Citi Biking New Yorkers who swore off private transport long ago, owning a car seemed at best unnecessary; at worst, a cumbersome time suck, @weareyourfek wrote in August 2020. nyti.ms/3sguvVd
In spring 2020, many of New York City’s streets were deserted at the height of the pandemic, and now, Kamer and @nytopinion columnist @fmanjoo have begun to re-imagine the city streets without cars. nyti.ms/3iJDcnW
Tap the links abpve to read more on the past and future of cars in New York City. Photo by The New York Times. #nytarchives #cars #newyorkcity #history
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