How the pandemic has shifted a busy city's commuter habits and encouraged people to reevaluate local travel for the long term.

New York City is one of the busiest cities in the world, even during the coronavirus pandemic. With recent lockdowns, stay at home orders, and quarantines, however, New York has changed exponentially. The city was always a place of movement and activity, but due to safety risks, the city has had to change its habits. Transportation in New York was affected by the pandemic, like everything else, but the effects should not be considered negative. Restrictions and safety measures have required New Yorkers to find new methods. Thanks to necessity and these new methods, local travel in New York has changed for the better! The following are a few of the ways in which transportation in New York (and the world) has changed.

Electric Scooters and Bikes Now Allowed 

For a long time in the city of New York, there were restrictions on electric bikes and scooters. Last August, however, a new law went into effect that allows citizens to use such modes of transportation on select roadways throughout the state. Services like CitiBike have become incredibly helpful as a result, as they are easy to use and are an excellent solution to the problem of transportation. Overall, services like CitiBike have contributed to smoother commuting in the city as a whole. These products can also be easily stored and recharged, which makes travel in New York much more convenient. 

Finding Balance in Commuting 

In addition to the new kinds of transportation offered, people are also developing healthier relationships with their commutes. More people have the opportunity to work from home or to divide their time between the office and their own spaces. In fact, public transportation is being used less overall compared to usage before the pandemic. This has allowed people more time to do the things they want to do, while contributing to less stress over travel time. It has also made the city of New York more organized and simplistic, a definite plus. 

Global Commuting Benefits 

New York is not the only place that has seen commuting benefits as a result of the pandemic. All along the east coast and the rest of the world, major cities and metropolitan areas are adjusting the ways that they live and work. These changes are impactful and responsible for a new attitude towards business and work. In this time when things have been extremely complicated, modern technology has exposed a silver lining; people can now work from the home more successfully than ever before, and can travel locally with ease. 

Indeed, this changing attitude towards work, life, and local traveling is something to encourage. Many groups already embrace a more relaxed type of transportation, one which is more conducive to a healthy work life. The town of Giethoorn in the Netherlands, for example, has been nicknamed, 'The Dutch Venice' due to its vast network of canals. The small town has thus learned the value of life in which the journey is the prize. Without cars, buses, and other forms of transportation, they have developed a healthy lifestyle, one that is now becoming common throughout the rest of the world. This change, which might seem slight, is a step towards a more holistic global community.

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