Comments on: Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated]

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:01:00 +0000

Splicer, don't forget to look eastward as well. The LIRR hasn't done Queens many favors over the years, they barely want to stop the trains there. Sure you have to cough up a couple extra bucks, and most of the seats are taken by the time the trains get there, but Queens Village to Midtown is only twenty minutes and the Port Washington branch stops are even better. Weprin is asleep on LIRR issues too, I think David drove to Hofstra when he was there.

By: Splicer

Splicer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:49 +0000

(The comment below was also posted on The Albany Project)

As usual, it's the ever spreading enclaves of the hip and well-to-do that are the focus of the alleged windfall that will come from congestion pricing. As a denizen of Eastern Queens, with its crappy local bus service, expensive express buses and location far beyond the last stop on the F-train, I've been waiting for 30+ years for someone to do something to make my commute a little easier. Now that Manhattan is spreading to Long Island City, Astoria, Jackson Heights and, of course, Brooklyn, it's time for Eastern Queens to be forgotten again.

Good thing I keep voting for the Weprin Dynasty - I feel enriched by their mere existence.

By: advocate

advocate — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:35:12 +0000

Can anyone give us an idea of what's happening at City Hall now? Will they be going through 6, or stopping and resuming then? Thanks.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:54:08 +0000

And what's in store for northern Manhattan and the northwest Bronx - home of the great gateway to Manhattan for Brodsky's constituents?

By: fdr

fdr — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:19:25 +0000

And everyone who believes all these things WILL happen, raise your hands.

By: fpteditors

fpteditors — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:10:05 +0000

Congestion pricing is a palliative. Does it justify expending all this political capital and psychic energy? Better traffic flow will just encourage auto use.

By: Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:02:36 +0000

Bob bob: JSK did include Staten Island in her testimony. We'll have the info up soon. Stay tuned.

By: bob bob

bob bob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:56:12 +0000

well, thank god all the staten island people are so against CP, because there don't seem to be any benefits for them. STATE OF STATEN ISLAND !
(sarcasm)

By: momos

momos — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:40:32 +0000

It seems the Bloomberg admin has at last really turned up the heat to get this passed. It's all about making the idea concrete. Way to go, JSK!