Majority of Readers Opposed to Bridge Tolls
Although the pro-toll crowd dominated in the comments section, the people have spoken: According to our poll yesterday, roughly 2/3 of readers are opposed to charging drivers to cross the Brooklyn, Manhattan and W’burg bridges. Guess Marty’s on the right side of this one.
Although the pro-toll crowd dominated in the comments section, the people have spoken: According to our poll yesterday, roughly 2/3 of readers are opposed to charging drivers to cross the Brooklyn, Manhattan and W’burg bridges. Guess Marty’s on the right side of this one.
A payroll tax is the single worst idea that could be proposed in any environment. Why would any sane person even consider this option ??? Companies are stuggling, mass layoffs occuring so lets hit them harder !! I agree with thoughts on the above threads. Let the MTA go into bankruptcy and re-org, starting with the muppets who call themselves management.
If motorists get a free crossing from Brooklyn to Manhattan, which are linked by a dozen or so subways, why should my wife have to pay a toll to drive to Staten Island? Nobody wants to pay tolls, or subway fares, or taxes, but infrastructure has to be paid for by somebody, the only question is who. But I wholly agree that the MTA’s mismanagement should disqualify them from any further subsidies until they get their act together.
A free Koran at every toll booth 🙂
1- One of the best ways to increase property values in Brooklyn (anywhere, really) is to reduce traffic (houses on quiet streets are worth more than on highly trafficked streets).
2- One of the best ways to decrease traffic is to charge more to drive.
Every Brooklyn homeowner — particularly those with a good transit option — should favor tolling the bridges. Most of the traffic on Flatbush, Atlantic, Eastern Parkway, etc., is through traffic! Why are we paying the price for other people’s convenience?
The MTA needs to be rebuilt, restructured, whatever you want to call it. They need to be replaced with responsible people who are interested in creating and maintaining a competent plan for dealing with New York City’s transportation needs. It’s very simple in this case, get rid of the thieving joke of an organization that is destroying our finances daily and require whatever you replace it with to have some transparency. Can you imagine what happens if you start giving the MTA all of these things they want (our money)? Where does our money go … it will never stop!
It’s the American way – we want services but don’t want to pay for them. Did you expect a poll of professional NIMBY’rs to go any other way?
“Actually Biff, this is shaping up to be the highest traffic week ever. That said, advertising is weaker this month, due in part, we assume, to the market and in part to the holiday season. We shall see.”
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Brownstoner please stop it! You are full of it! If the number are up then why do you have to defend it? Last year no one would hear from you and now you are on every blasted thread defending your Blog hit numbers!
Shark Jumping is fun, eh?? Use some explosives to give it some pizzaz!
The What ( I shoot sharks)
Someday this war is gonna end…
why bailout the MTA? They are in this position because of poor management, horrible labor negotiations, and mediocre to poor service for riders. Why not let them go into the government version of Chapter 11?
They should declare bankrupcy or insolvency or whatever and start re-building from scratch. Money is not their problem, mis-management is their problem. In good times, in bad times, the MTA is always a basketcase.
If they get their new payroll tax, that will be the end. It will be like giving an alcoholic the keys to the liquor store.
williamsburgguy, you completely missed g-man’s point.
the point is that my taxes pay for BOTH the roads/bridges AND the subway
yet i still have to pay a fare to use the subway, while drivers on the bridges don’t