“Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could make driving in the Big Apple hell on wheels.” – as if traffic isn’t already hellish in NYC and in every other major city on the planet.
“Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could make driving in the Big Apple hell on wheels.” – as if traffic isn’t already hellish in NYC and in every other major city on the planet.
In addition to the lack of siren and lights meaning they don’t get priority in this case, the important point is they can’t. The other cars have nowhere to go, no way to clear the path. I mean eventually they will, but an ambulance in this situation is delayed regardless of anyone’s best effort
That’s why dedicated lanes for buses and emergency vehicles are such a good idea. Emergency vehicles can get where they need to go, but with more people travelling by bus, there will also be less cars and less congestion. Everybody wins.
Or if nothing else, a dedicated two-way bike lane still works infinitely better than a dead stop car lane.
There is a single car in front of the ambulance, and an opening in the bus lane one car length ahead. Those cars absolutely would and could make room for that ambulance.