Comments on: NYT: In support of bridge tolls http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alfred Beech http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/#comment-58731 Alfred Beech Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:43:55 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2208#comment-58731 When the bridge opened in 1883, it cost $.10 to drive a one horse wagon on the roadway. In 2007 dollars that would be $2.20 (it was 5 cents for a horse or cow, 3 for a pig or sheep, and 3 cents for a person) I thought some historical trivia might be an interesting addition to this story. I don't think anyone would call $2.20 an excessive charge to cross the bridge in a car these days. When the bridge opened in 1883, it cost $.10 to drive a one horse wagon on the roadway. In 2007 dollars that would be $2.20 (it was 5 cents for a horse or cow, 3 for a pig or sheep, and 3 cents for a person)

I thought some historical trivia might be an interesting addition to this story. I don’t think anyone would call $2.20 an excessive charge to cross the bridge in a car these days.

]]> By: j. mork http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/#comment-58718 j. mork Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:09:47 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2208#comment-58718 Check that -- here's the link on the DN site http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/opinions/2003/02/18/2003-02-18_a_cure_for__traffic_congesti.html Check that — here’s the link on the DN site

http://www.nydailynews.com/arc.....gesti.html

]]> By: j. mork http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/#comment-58717 j. mork Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:08:33 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2208#comment-58717 The Daily News has supported tolls in the past. Couldn't find it on the DN site, but I found this record of it: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A3=ind0302&L=CON-PRIC&E=quoted-printable&P=375615&B=--part1_16b.1ad6a0c0.2b83bbe9_boundary&T=text%2Fplain;%20charset=ISO-8859-1 The date isn't there, but the copy states that it's from the day after London congestion pricing went into effect. The Daily News has supported tolls in the past.

Couldn’t find it on the DN site, but I found this record of it:

http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/w.....ISO-8859-1

The date isn’t there, but the copy states that it’s from the day after London congestion pricing went into effect.

]]> By: Boris http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/#comment-58708 Boris Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:28:14 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2208#comment-58708 The article doesn't make two important points. One, it doesn't address the knee-jerk reaction that would come from the average person reading this: "but I already pay for the roads through [insert your tax here]! But living in New York is already expensive!" Two, it doesn't mention that Sheldon Silver claims the state has nothing to do with bridge tolls; the city needs to simply sell the bridges to the MTA, and the MTA is free to impose tolls. The article doesn’t make two important points. One, it doesn’t address the knee-jerk reaction that would come from the average person reading this: “but I already pay for the roads through [insert your tax here]! But living in New York is already expensive!”

Two, it doesn’t mention that Sheldon Silver claims the state has nothing to do with bridge tolls; the city needs to simply sell the bridges to the MTA, and the MTA is free to impose tolls.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/#comment-58707 rhywun Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:12:14 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2208#comment-58707 Ha, good luck with the Post. The Daily News, maybe. Ha, good luck with the Post. The Daily News, maybe.

]]> By: herenthere http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/10/nyt-in-support-of-bridge-tolls/#comment-58706 herenthere Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:08:25 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2208#comment-58706 The only thing is, unless the NY Post and Daily News get on board, I doubt bridge tolls stand a chance. Those newspapers offer some of the most sensationalistic journalism there is but appeals to the mass demographic, which are precisely the people who will be most affected. The only thing is, unless the NY Post and Daily News get on board, I doubt bridge tolls stand a chance. Those newspapers offer some of the most sensationalistic journalism there is but appeals to the mass demographic, which are precisely the people who will be most affected.

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