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Jan. 3, 2018

The little fish that’s killing Manhattan

Conclusion: ideas have consequences, and as this saga illustrates, by and large things are what they appear to be.

Gideon Kanner

Professor of Law Emeritus
Loyola Law School

USC Law School

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The little fish that’s killing Manhattan
Traffic in Manhattan (New York Times News Service)

Being old isn't all bad. If you're lucky, you remember things and you gain perspective. Case in point, the abysmal traffic conditions in Manhattan recently reported by the New York Times which reports that Midtown Manhattan traffic has reached a near-gridlock condition. Winnie Hu, "App-Hailed Cars Clog Streets. Should Riders Pay for the Jam?" Dec. 27, 2017 (front page, no less).

Current average car speed in midtown Manhattan is 4.6 m...

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