![]() Individuals who use electric-powered medical equipment should have an emergency plan. For those who rely on electric-powered medical equipment at home (e.g., respirators, dialysis machines, apnea monitors), please register with your utility provider so you can be contacted in the event of an emergency. While prolonged utility disruptions do not occur often, it is always a good idea to be prepared.Īsk your utility company whether your medical equipment qualifies you to be listed as a life-sustaining equipment customer (LSE). Utility disruptions -including power, gas, water, and phone service - are a nuisance but can also be life threatening. To learn more about winter weather safety, visit the NYC Health Department’s interactive online infographic. He’s a recipient of the Aldo Leopold Award for Distinguished Editorial Writing.New York City winters, which often bring extreme cold, heavy snow, ice, sleet, and freezing rain, can pose serious hazards. Steve Scauzillo covers public health, environment and green transportation for the Southern California News Group. ![]() It sends a message to the world that we are doing something about congestion.” Phil Washington: “This is about re-imagining Los Angeles. The agency could do what utilities do and give breaks to low-income people. Is it regressive? Lots of taxes are regressive, such as: gasoline tax, property tax, utility user taxes. Singapore and Stockholm added prices for peak hour driving and saw similar traffic relief.Ī price high enough to deter say 5 percent can achieve a 20 percent reduction in volume. The result was a 36 percent reduction in congestion. take the bus or train.ĭriving into Central London costs $13. Those not driving to work would take other modes: 1. The solutionĬharging to enter the west side, the Civic Center or say, Century City is enacting a cordon type of congestion pricing. Our families suffer because we spend less time with the ones we love. We experience long lines and frustration. We all drive at the same time to secure the best deal, the best job or get to the best restaurant. Third, shadow markets are created where the price of congestion affects the price of new housing (or limits the availability).ĭriving the roads in Southern California is like Black Friday. I just described the Waze business model. Second, and perhaps less obvious, is the amount of time and energy we spend trying to increase the shortage of roads. (I’m a UCLA basketball fan but ask me in 30 years how many times I’ve seen them play at Pauley Pavilion? The answer is 1. ![]() ![]() The problemĪside from the obvious - mind-numbing congestion that stops us on the east side from visiting the west side and vice versa. It is caused by a distorted price of the roadway. And the cost to drive the road is the same. Someone could be driving to the hospital to deliver a baby or going to buy a bag of potato chips. Yet, surface roads and freeways cost the same to use 365 days a year, 24/7. The cost of water varies by how much we use at what time of year. For instance, the cost of electricity varies by time of day. That is unlike anything else in society, even in a free-market country like the United States. ![]()
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