From: mrbrklyn@panix.com   
      
   John Levine  wrote:   
   > According to Steven M. O'Neill :   
   >>More buses sounds good to me. They can carry more people using   
   >>less space than cars. Isn't that good for everyone?   
   >   
   > It's a problem for people who imagine they have an inalienable right   
   > to drive into midtown and park for free.* Other than that, seems pretty   
   > good.   
      
   It is not free.  We pay taxes.  Also, from Brooklyn, it is impossible to   
   get anywhere without either going through Manhattan or an MTA bridge.   
      
   So there is that.  The only abuse here is that the MTA thinks it should   
   have a monopoly on all travel in NYC... PERIOD.   
      
      
   >   
   > London and Singapore have had congestion charges for a long time and   
   > it works great, i   
      
   No - it sucks actually and BTW this is not London and London is NOTHING   
   like NYC.  If you had been to London you would know that.   
      
   > cuts down the traffic somewhat and supports the public   
   > transport.  What do they know that we don't?   
   >   
   > * - Note that it is possible to drive from New Jersey to Manhattan   
   > and pay no tolls by taking a minor detour to the Dunn Memorial Bridge   
   > in Albany and then US 9 back to NYC.   
      
   trolls - MTA trolls - even better.   
      
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