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Article: For Congestion Pricing, Against Bridge Tolls.
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2008
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Among the elected officials who came out at a press conference yesterday against the Ravitch Commission's recommendation to raise revenue for the M.T.A. by tolling the East River bridges was Senator-elect Dan Squadron.
It's interesting because while Squadron opposes tolling East River Bridges, he is in favor of congestion pricing.
Squadron, though a spokesman, emailed to explain:
"As we try to close a historic MTA budget gap without breaking the backs of straphangers, we need innovative funding solutions that also clean up our environment and cut down on commerce-choking congestion. Instead of dividing the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens from the rest ...