Bill Ferns /Kid Java

My work is done here.

Interesting…the nearest formerly free bridges show a drop in traffic, but not the Midtown Tunnel. Maybe people used to paying the toll are less price-sensitive?

And by your logic that fares should cover mass transit costs, tolls should cover road infrastructure costs. I guess you believe we should bill drivers for their road usage by vehicular miles traveled (VMT).

Oh, man, sorry, I have been laughing because that is BS; the anti-CP crowd is not that principled. And you are still giving money to the MTA because there is a CP fee on every taxi and FHV ride.

Oh, and people in the zone pay $9 just like everyone else…

I live in the congestion relief zone near the Williamsburg Bridge, and have a car. Congestion pricing has been a godsend in cutting back on traffic, reducing horn honking, and reducing bad driving behavior by people frustrated by the traffic.

Wait a minute…to save $9 you park outside of the congestion relief zone, take a cab to your destination ($7 just to get in the cab), then take another cab back?

I do not know where that video is but here is some data that shows markedly decreasd times gett into the congestion relief zone: congestion-pricing-tracker.c…

I do not know where you were for that video but here is data on travel times into the congestion relief zone: congestion-pricing-tracker.c…

I am 71 living in the congestion relief zone. The elderly need better bus service and accessible subways. The CP fee funds those. The elderly who take cabs will pay only an additional 75 cents per ride in the CRZ.

You are wrong about the numbers. The TBTA has contributed $10B to the MTA since their merger in 1968. The DOT cantilever is $5B, and the Kosciusko Bridge was $1B. The US funds NYS roads at about a 2-1 margin over mass transit.

The “second order effects” you allude to are based on merchants’ fears, but repeatedly research shows that merchants overestimate the car users in their customer base and do better with pedestrianization . vox.com/future-perfect/35467…

I was always entertained by the chuckleheads who would ask for an incomplete and then register for six classes the next semester.

Thanks, Dean!

Two words in response on “conflict of interest”: Clarence Thomas

I would have expected her to use “Rhodesia”…

“Joel will be here all week…try the chicken.”

The 6,700 number is the number of drivers specifically going into the CBD.

It is called a “mliko” pour in Czechia.

In terms of marathons, you need robust mass transit to get runners to the starting line and from the finish line. You do not want 40000 cars clogging up the bucolic byways of the countryside.