Comments on: Support for Pricing From Nassau Dem Michelle Schimel http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/07/support-for-pricing-from-nassau-dem-michelle-schimel/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:20:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: da http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/07/support-for-pricing-from-nassau-dem-michelle-schimel/#comment-47681 da Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:11:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/07/support-for-pricing-from-nassau-dem-michelle-schimel/#comment-47681 She gets it!! Why don't the others? She gets it!! Why don't the others?

]]> By: Felix http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/07/support-for-pricing-from-nassau-dem-michelle-schimel/#comment-47679 Felix Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:57:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/07/support-for-pricing-from-nassau-dem-michelle-schimel/#comment-47679 She probably realizes that among the tiny percentage of her constituents that will pay the fee, most would be glad to pay $8 for a quicker commute. I wonder why Lew doesn't see it this way. His constituents are currently faced with the choices of a long trip on mass transit or a long drive stuck in traffic. CP would give them a quick option that doesn't currently exist. And even though the drive wouldn't be free any longer, it would be comparable to an express bus or LIRR trip or even to what transit riders were paying in the old two-fare zones. I used to work with a guy from Marine Park who would wake up at some ungodly hour to drive into Midtown before the traffic got bad. I bet he wouldn't mind paying $8 to sleep an extra hour. She probably realizes that among the tiny percentage of her constituents that will pay the fee, most would be glad to pay $8 for a quicker commute.

I wonder why Lew doesn't see it this way. His constituents are currently faced with the choices of a long trip on mass transit or a long drive stuck in traffic. CP would give them a quick option that doesn't currently exist. And even though the drive wouldn't be free any longer, it would be comparable to an express bus or LIRR trip or even to what transit riders were paying in the old two-fare zones.

I used to work with a guy from Marine Park who would wake up at some ungodly hour to drive into Midtown before the traffic got bad. I bet he wouldn't mind paying $8 to sleep an extra hour.

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