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| DATE | 2008-04-05 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Transit Taxes
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I'm just dropping a note to you to tell you that the
position that you've tken on streetblog.org with regard
to the tolling of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges is
repugnant. Have you stopped for a second to understand
how badly this fragments the cities diverse community?
You want to stop unecessary driving? Turn your attention
to suburban drivers.
Toll the LIE, Garnden State and Southern State
and Sunrise Highways.
Demand a free subways system funded out of the
general fund.
End the MTA and return the NYC transit system
to NYC.
Give resident New Yorkers in all 5 boroughs
exclussive street parking rights as well as
bridge and tunnel rights.
And so on.
This tax targets Brooklyn and Queens leaving
the make culprets of drivers into Manhattan,
suburban drivers from Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester,
and New Jersey off the hook since they already pay
the tolls.
and it does NOTHING to help the needed trucking.
Ruben
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