Posted on 07/18/2007 5:16:16 AM PDT by DariusBane
As Yogi would say “nobody ever goes there, it’s too crowded”
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You are missing the point. The working/middle classes in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx would be impacted by the exponential increase in car traffic that currently hits Manhattan but that would then terminate in the outer boros to avoid the 'tax'.
The transit system in these boros into Manhattan is already operating beyond capacity. Parking is already impossible.
And, in the case of the Bronx, the childhood asthma rates are already obscenely high; an increase in vehicular traffic would send them higher.
I hope Bloominidiot runs for prez in 08.
Not to mention, The transit system could not handle the increase that would surely come. The idiot mayor refused to address the transportation issues that would have been enormous.
He and his buddies would have been riding around in great traffic while ordinary New Yorkers would have ben screwed waiting in long transit lines. The people of New York would have paid the legislators back big time.
My husband is from New York. His family drove in New York. The idea that most normal people don’t drive in the city is nonsense. If you are in the city-wake up early and see all the people moving their cars in the morning-you have to park on a different side in the AM. Plenty of people own cars.
I would also say we spend enough in taxes and do not need another tax so Bloomberg and his buddies can drive around Manhattan. The government is responsible for roads, congestion etc. It is their job, and they do a pretty lousy job at that. Why should the poor taxpayer have to pay for the government’s neglect of infrastructure?
Now I believe this one pretty well. I can see Bloomberg upping the congestion tax, but not adding more mass trans improvements.
And as someone born on staten island, I know what it’s like to huff it with mass transit.
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