Comments on: Lots of Quotes, Few Details on Congestion Pricing Deal

By: dave

dave — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:07:46 +0000

Business in London is just fine. Emotion over facts, as usual.

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:41:01 +0000

NY1 has a poll on the issue, and the people calling it "a step in the wrong direction" are leading at 44%:

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/Polls/index.jsp?pollactivequestionintid=2856

By: P

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:31:02 +0000

DLF: Are you suggesting that your workforce all drives into Manhattan to work? Or just that you are going to uproot the lives of all of your employees so you can continue to enjoy that privilege for free?

By: Dyinglikeflies

Dyinglikeflies — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:58:27 +0000

I for one now have another reason to move my business, and its jobs, to New Jersey. There are already enough wage pressures without adding additional commuting costs.

By: MrManhattan

MrManhattan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:04:34 +0000

That reminds me of my favorite one-liner that I use when anyone asks me how to tell an American from a New Yorker?

The American is the one with the car wrapped around him !!

By: Mike K.

Mike K. — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:41:28 +0000

Hey "American"

Yeah, why don't you ask the people in London? They overwhelmingly support congestion pricing.

If you want to come into this city and inconvenience everyone else's health & economic enterprises with your private vehicle on public roads you oughta be prepared to pay the people of NYC for that privilege.

Yes...PRIVILEGE.

By: An American

An American — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:26:59 +0000

I swear what in the world are we coming to? Is it not enough that we are charged to enter the City from various tolls. Now government wants to charge me to drive within the city limits. I think enough is enough!!! To think congestion will be less is just a plan crazy. This is no more than a revenue generating plot and the people should not stand for it!!! Just go ask the people in LONDON!!!

By: No green light

No green light — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:18:59 +0000

The "agreement" as reported by Spitzer does not give Bloomberg " a green light" The Daily News political blog, summarizing Spitzer, says City Council still has to vote to approve pricing via home rule legislation. It adds the city can start preparations for pricing --- which it probably could have anyway.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/
As for congestion pricing, there is a 17-member commission that will review both Mayor Bloomberg's proposal and other traffic mitigation plans. The City Council must pass a home rule resolution before the Legislature acts. The city can momve forward to start implementing congestion pricing - issuing RFPs for cameras, for example - but can't actually impose fees without legislative approval.

By: KRS2

KRS2 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:12:53 +0000

Lets see the bill language.