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• Vote Manhattan Traffic Has a Price: $128 in Lost Time - Metropolis - WSJ blogs.wsj.com — A solution of sorts, one with which I disagree. Charging a tariff to enter Manhattan during certain peak traffic times. The money will be earmarked for paying for public transportation. Tags: congestion fee  vehicle tax 1 point, submitted 3 months ago by Larry Berezin 1 comment

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• Added by Larry Berezin, 3 months ago Mr. Rutkoff, Provocative article. Charging a congestion fee is a facile solution. If pollution and congestion are the challenges we face, why not use traffic enforcement agents to direct traffic through intersections during peak volume times. Instead, the present strategy is to have the TEA’s wait on the sidewalk for congestion to build, fumes to permeate our fragile NYC environment, and then hand out parking tickets at $115 a pop. So, the driving public is being charged for pollution it is being entrapped to create. During these difficult economic times, I think it is unconscionable to place more financial barriers on business’ trying to earn a living in NYC. With profit margins shrinking and revenue from parking tickets rising up to $650M, how many more taxes are we going to charge for the privilege of doing business in NYC? Let’s try using TEA’s to unsnarl congestion, rather than shooting $115 fish in an intersection. Let’s allow a vehicle to stop temporarily alongside a car parked legally at the curb to drop off or pick up a passenger; instead of requiring the vehicle to circle endlessly until space at the curb opens up.