Not to side with AOC---but just as a comment on your proposal----the people in NYC are the fastest walkers in the world (that is a fact, not something I simply observed) and the use of cabs is limited---for no reason other than they are hard to get. Our guys who move around from job to job all have personal meters (fit meter) and average between 6 and 7 miles a day walking between and on jobs.
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