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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

no_hypocrisy

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2. It's more than up to $23 toll to drive below 60th Street.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jun 27, 2023, 07:01 AM

Jun 2023

If you're driving from NJ, the outer boroughs of NYC, Long Island, etc., you're also paying for tolls for bridges and tunnels, say $12-15 each day. Then there's parking in the City. That's pricey.

You could be looking at more than $50 a day to commute with a car.

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New York City drivers to pay extra tolls as part of first-in-the-nation effort to reduce congestion [View all] Eugene Jun 2023 OP

Well at least the plan has been tested in civilized countries bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #1

It's more than up to $23 toll to drive below 60th Street. no_hypocrisy Jun 2023 #2

Let them what uses it, pays their fair share. marble falls Jun 2023 #3

Only the wealthy will be able to afford to drive in NYC MichMan Jun 2023 #4