Summary
There are people who don't have a problem with the proposed $8 or $21 fee to drive into Manhattan at certain times of day. One such person is Rico Baustista. He Uves in one of the outer boroughs by the D train, but sometimes he drives into the city and realizes that he'd have to pay the $8 fee. He feels that it would be good for those who don't drive into the city because "it would benefit the city as a whole to improve transportation [in] the city." The subway lines and bus lines "really need a lot of improvement," and he feels that if the congestion-pricing bill will help the city get the funding that it needs to improve mass transit, then it's worth it.
The congestion-pricing bill still faces problems and opposition. One of the people who isn't in favor of congestion pricing is Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright. According to Jea- nine Johnson, his spokesperson, "He's not confident about the remedies that have been put in place to alleviate the surrounding community, such as the residential parking permit." Wright also believes something "should be done to alleviate the pressure of the surrounding district, especially his district of central and western Harlem," said Johnson.See the full content of this document
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Congestion Indigestion
Last Thursday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a rally in Times Square in the ongoing battle over congestion pricing. The mayor and his supporters have one message that they want to get...
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