York mayor sees London as congestion charge model | Special reports | Guardian UnlimitedSignificant because it's in the USA.... in a speech to mark Earth Day. Pledging to make New York "a brighter, healthier and more economically prosperous city", Mr Bloomberg couched the charge in terms of climate change. "The science is there," he said. "It's time to stop debating it and start dealing with it."
Of course there are objections and this article cites an argument that it is regressive. The reply is that in a capitalist system money talks (I summarise and paraphrase). It misses the point, I guess that it is the poor who disproportionately suffer from the effects of cars and traffic ...
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I think Mayor Nanny Bloomie is a very arrogant man. I also highly doubt he rides the subway that much. He's the mayor, I want someone driving him around so he can work and make calls and stuff. New Yorkers shouldn't want him wasting all that time on the subway.
We all have to wonder what Bloomberg is really thinking of with this congestion pricing tax scheme. Maybe he mostly just wants a new tax. Just wrap it up in ‘concern for the environment’, and then people can just demonize those who oppose it.
If he cares so much about traffic jams, congestion and air pollution, why does he let Park Avenue be blocked off? Why doesn’t he do anything about that?
It's true, Pershing Square Restaurant blocks Park Avenue going South at 42nd St. for about 12 hours a day/5 months of the year! This Causes Massive Congestion and Air Pollution!
But apparently it does not bother NYC’s Nanny-in-Chief Mike “Congestion Pricing Tax” Bloomberg?
It certainly supports his claim that the city is hugely congested.
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