Manhattan response times worst ever for all types of emergencies

[Capttomo]

Manhattan (NY) Emergency Response Times at Record Highs as Congestion Worsens: Report

The FDNY’s medical emergency response time has soared in 10 years, up from 8 minutes and 19 seconds to 14 minutes and 16 seconds.

www.fireapparatusmagazine.com

 

[BoomerTE511]

Thanks Cap., the next time someone whines about excessive siren/air-horn noise levels have have them contact "Gridlock Sam"
This study wasn't even necessary, remove 30-40% asphalt usage (my guess) and get increase response times...

 

[twoteamtease]

City Government took the old computer game “The Sims” to the next level, plopping any and every obstruction under the sun into all city streets.

 

[Capttomo]

City Government took the old computer game “The Sims” to the next level, plopping any and every obstruction under the sun into all city streets.

Wow there is a memory! SimCity , I played that game circa 1992. If you didn’t pay for enough police or fire, if you didn’t install adequate infrastructure, or if you raised taxes to high, crime went up, citizen approval went down, and the population decreased. Today NYC appears to be following that algorithm in the real world

 

[MagicMan17]

Other articles and main stream news sources are quick to solely blame this issue on congestion and try to skew the statistics to gain leverage on bringing back congestion pricing... No mention of the clear statistics that EMS runs have sky rocketed last couple years with no new companies and essentially the same amount of ambulances on the streets to handle. And as other users have pointed out, taking away numerous lanes on streets for "green streets", bike lanes, or other random things they think of will have adverse impacts as well.

 

[ta176]

And how about the speed bumps that you almost have to come to a complete stop to go over.

 

[bf231]

Bike lanes, cars parked off the curb for bike lanes, renegade scooter/ebikes/ bicyclists, pedestrians that couldn’t give a damn you’re trying to turn onto a block and keep walking, street dining shanties, never ending construction on roads and buildings, pedestrian plazas, street fairs every other day on every other block, speed camera, red light cameras, etc…

 

[ta176]

I forgot to mention the 25 MPH, and the speed cameras that nail you. So everything the City has done has created the problem.

 

[entropychaser]

And how about the speed bumps that you almost have to come to a complete stop to go over.

Speed bumps were studied a couple of decades ago; This showed that each bump slowed the response about thirty seconds. And, you're hoping all the equipment stays on the rig.

 

[scoobyd]

None of these very valid reasons will be accepted at the meeting. At whatever agency or level.