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Article: New York City mayor's plan for traffic fee fails after lawmakers give it a bumpy ride
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- April 8, 2008
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to charge drivers extra tolls to enter Manhattan's most congested neighborhoods earned him invitations to speak at such gatherings as the U.N. climate conference and raised his profile as he considered a presidential run.
But the plan died Monday when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in Albany, the state capital, announced his chamber would not take up the proposal because of strong opposition within the conference dominated by New York City Democrats.
The traffic fee proposal, known as congestion pricing, called for cars to pay $8 (5), and trucks $21 (13), to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays. Opponents ...