Don't want to pay East River bridge tolls? Agree that paying to drive into Manhattan is good for mass transit?
A congestion pricing commission wants to hear from you. After a public hearing tonight, the panel asked for more feedback before it votes on a congestion pricing plan at the end of the month.
The commission is charged with determining how to reduce pollution-causing traffic in Manhattan. The proposals include a plan for East River tolls while another--proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg--calls for drivers to pay $8 to enter the most congested parts of Manhattan.
Let them know which one you want at the hearings:
Hunter College - Auditorium
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
4:00 PM
East 69th Street Between Park & Lexington Avenue
NY, NY
Medgar Evers College
Thursday, January 24, 2008
6:00PM
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
College of Staten Island – Center for the Arts, Recital Hall 1P
Thursday, January 24, 2008
6:00 PM
2800 Victory Blvd
Staten Island, NY
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Hostos Community College – Savoy Multi-purpose Room
Thursday, January 24, 2008
6:00 PM
120 Walton Avenue
Bronx, NY
York College Performing Arts Center
Thursday, January 24, 2008
6:00 PM
94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd btw Liberty & Archer
Jamaica, NY
Hofstra University - University Club
Thursday, January 24, 2008
6:00 PM
(north of Main Gate)
Hempstead, NY
Westchester County Center
Thursday, January 24, 2008
6:00 PM
198 Central Avenue, 1st Floor Meeting Rooms A-B
White Plains, NY
Comments (1)
Why do all of the "solutions" to automobile congestion involve money? If the state generates revenue as a byproduct of its actions, fine; but they are doing a piss-poor job of passing it off as an ecological matter. Just deny non-delivery/non-livery or t&lc vehicles entry into Manhattan. Why would you make a cab ride from brookyn or queens more expensive for those who live there? Punish freeloaders, not commuters and residents of the five boroughs who already pay through the nose to exist here.