New York Times
March 26, 2008
This article talks about how the State Legislature and New York City Council need to approve congestion pricing in order to have a reliable source of income. The author points out London and Stockholm who use congestion pricing providing them with cleaner air and less crowding. In doing this upgrades like extended evening service and more trains that reduce crowding can be put into action. Currently, the transportation authority uses real estate transaction taxes, which are no longer profitable. This plan would charge drivers eight dollars to drive below 60th street in Manhattan producing $4.5 million in the next five years. Although drivers might be skeptical they must be assured that congestion pricing will improve the transit. This is also important to convince drivers to use the mass transit in order to get more cars off the street.
This article was very informative and seemed credible using many facts and references. The author came across like he wanted this solution to be put into act immediately. I liked how the author presented the problem, a solution, and summed it up with what must be done for improvement.
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From experiencing New York City's traffic, it is a big problem. This project could prove to be helpful; however, I feel like there will always be traffic due to the vast number of people in one area. This article appears credible, but I would have liked the author to point out what the people of New York City think about this project.
Allthough this project is a good idea, I'm just not sure if the outcome will ever be possible. New Yorks traffic is like it is because of we expect New York to be. New York consists of an abundance of people and places. There is so much going on and it will always have traffic.
It sounds like this article was written very well. I'd like to see where this ends up and what they come up with.
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