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   Peter T. Daniels to Ruben Safir   
   Re: The MTA Monopoly - closing the looph   
   31 Aug 22 09:38:34   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 12:03:25 PM UTC-4, Ruben Safir wrote:   
   > Peter T. Daniels  wrote:   
      
   > > The only time I have driven into the city (from Jersey City)   
   > > since the toll was raised from $6 was when I had a weekend   
   > > conference at St. John's University, which cannot be accessed   
   > > in a finite amount of time by public transportation -- and the   
   > > hotel was about two miles from the campus, necessitating   
   > > a car while there.   
   > > The Holland Tunnel was not a problem. Canal Street to   
   > > Delancey to the Manhattan Bridge was hellish. The BQE   
   > > to the LIE was hellish. The LIE was hellish. And this was   
   > > early on a Thursday afternoon.   
   >   
   > Why would you do that? You would take the GW to the Whitestone   
      
   You're even denser than your flood of messages suggests.   
      
   If one toll is unbearable, what would two tolls be?   
      
   Not to mention getting from here to the GWB.   
      
   And the Cross-Bronx Expressway is not exactly pleasant, either.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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