Comments on: Mayor and Assembly Headed to a Showdown Over Pricing

By: Random New Yorker

Random New Yorker — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:42:21 +0000

What can we do, as citizens, to try to push the assembly along?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:45:24 +0000

Congestion pricing is important to the future of NYC. Traffic, noise, and pollution already impose tremendous costs of New Yorkers and NYC businesses. The congestion pricing fee pales in comparison to these.

NYC doesn’t *deserve* to be the world’s greatest city simply because it *has been* in the past. We have to work for it. This is a critical step in that direction.

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:38:44 +0000

Mr. Crotch, it’s $8 flat-fee. Entering or exiting, or both.

By: Ed Crotch

Ed Crotch — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:57:52 +0000

Here’s the deal:

$8.00 is not going to change that many people unless it is for both enetering and exiting, which is like impossible to enforce. Why not just make it $15 flat fee? Anyway, many people get their owrk to pay for their parking or make enough that $8 just does not matter. I’d actually like to see the fee raised to $20!

As for trucks, well, they have to make deliveries during business hours, so I think they should be exempt.

By: momos

momos — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:46:30 +0000

CALL SHELDON SILVER. NOW OR NEVER.

Sheldon Silver District Office: 212-312-1420

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:32:19 +0000

Grassroots? The Mayor’s entire political premise is to avoid the “grassroots” and jam it through the Legislature. If the grassroots were to be mobilized the City Council would be joining in this fight. As is, it is not. Worse than sitting on the sidelines the City Council members are pursuing personal political agendas (term-limited as they are) revolving around small, parochial NIMBY issues supposedly resolved by downzoning (which only makes transit less efficient at a time when congestion pricing strives to make transit more efficient). If it doesn’t have the support of the City Council who imagines that it will be supported by the Legislature?

By: socialscientist

socialscientist — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:58:12 +0000

What a circus. All for a pathetic, piddling “remedy”. We must mobilize grass-roots power soon.

By: James

James — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:56:54 +0000

WITHOUT CONGESTION PRICING WE COULD ALL BE NEEDING BOATS TO GET AROUND MANHATTAN

WAKE UP NOW! OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING! POLLUTION IS AT A NEW TIME HIGH!

By: Spud Spudly

Spud Spudly — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:16:01 +0000

Showdown? The Mayor needs the Assembly. They don’t need him.

With all the details yet to be worked out what responsible legislator could vote for this half-baked scheme? If the Mayor was really concerned about Washington’s $500 million he would have ironed out the details a long time ago, instead of just saying, “Trust me, we’ll work it out AFTER you vote on it.”