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Upper East Side Town Hall Meeting: Congestion Pricing

by Aaron Donovan on June 8, 2007

When: Doors open at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 14
Meeting is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Hunter College School of Social Work
129 E. 79th St. (bet. Park & Lexington Aves.)
Manhattan
More Info: Flier

A town hall meeting entitled "ask your elected officials." We are told that this is expected to be dominated by discussions of congestion pricing.

Expected attendees include:

Sponsored by:

dequeued said:
"The B44 is so unreliable, that I gave up using it. It’s maddening, it ended up being faster for me to walk 8 blocks to the J train, and then take the J to the 38 bus. How can..."
Niccolo Machiavelli said:
"This minor case blatant pandering in the cause of Bill Thompson’s failed campaign aside, you have to ask yourself, does Tish James have greater potential to carry..."
Rhywun said:
"Well, we’ve already burned all our bridges by loading up most of the riverfronts with luxury condos… might as well go all the way."
Lauri Schindler said:
"This is the kind of discussion that takes place when we don’t talk about the “big picture.” It takes introducing these ideas to the general public so that..."
gecko said:
"Any climate plan that does not address automobiles as the prime example of excessive consumption of the rich to include a diversified transportation plan is probably not worth much."