Bill Ferns /Kid Java

Interesting…the nearest formerly free bridges show a drop in traffic, but not the Midtown Tunnel. Maybe people used to paying the toll are less price-sensitive?

“Downtown elitist gentrifiers”? The Citibike users in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and uptown Manhattan might find that statement ignorant…see the attached map of current Citibike stations….

My co-op on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has a lot of communal green space, a five minute walk to four subway lines, a crosstwon bus stop, and multiple stores, restaurants, doctors & banks within 5 minutes walk….oh, and a Citybike rack.

Even the fire trucks are smaller!

A case in point: traffic at 10:55pm Saturday night heading towards the “free” Williamsburg Bridge…

Role back the Turnpike and Parkway tolls if you are so worried about NJ citizens. If there are no exemptions, the CBD toll can be as low as $5; see first column in this table:

I took this video in Italy in 2019:

You will only have to pay the CBD fee if you drive into the CBD, and the $23 is the worst case scenario if the are lots of carveouts. See the chart.

You are right…for the fear-mongering from outlets like the NY Post has increased at a far greater rate than actual crimes

Uh, here…it was a way more representative group of NYers the then Zeldin has.

Few media, lots of locals. I was there.

You weren’t there, I was. When the Governor comes downtown, EVERYONE pulls out their cameras.

Here’s some of the crowd ( and a bunch of us stayed outside).

Here are a couple of fire trucks I saw recently in Lisbon, Portugal.

CB1 also has to deal with Lower Broadway so filled with illegal double parking that the only passable lane is the Bus-Only lane…and @NYPD1Pct cars just roll by it all…

Not if there are no carveouts! The least expensive plan is $9 peak /$7 off-peak; see the attached table