Comments on: Weekend toll increases and service advisories http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/10/weekend-toll-increases-and-service-advisories/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 22:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A-W http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/10/weekend-toll-increases-and-service-advisories/#comment-62650 A-W Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:17:54 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3304#comment-62650 Ben, thanks for the post. This makes me wonder why the pols didn't offer this concession (i.e. the reduction in tolls for non-Manhattan bridges) in exchange for tolls on the East River bridges. We will never know if such a concession would have improved the odds for passing the East River bridge tolls. Ben, thanks for the post. This makes me wonder why the pols didn’t offer this concession (i.e. the reduction in tolls for non-Manhattan bridges) in exchange for tolls on the East River bridges. We will never know if such a concession would have improved the odds for passing the East River bridge tolls.

]]> By: Alfred Beech http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/10/weekend-toll-increases-and-service-advisories/#comment-62636 Alfred Beech Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:00:01 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3304#comment-62636 Pedestrians paid a penny on opening day, three cents afterwards. Sheep were two cents. Pedestrians paid a penny on opening day, three cents afterwards.
Sheep were two cents.

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/10/weekend-toll-increases-and-service-advisories/#comment-62623 Jerrold Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:57:12 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3304#comment-62623 To Sam: OK, so back in those days cars paid a dime and people on horseback paid three cents. What about pedestrians? Did they pay one cent? Or did they pay nothing? Coming to think of it, what about horse-drawn vehicles? To Sam:

OK, so back in those days cars paid a dime and people on horseback paid three cents.

What about pedestrians?
Did they pay one cent?
Or did they pay nothing?

Coming to think of it, what about horse-drawn vehicles?

]]> By: Adam G http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/10/weekend-toll-increases-and-service-advisories/#comment-62612 Adam G Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:18:23 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3304#comment-62612 "due to Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street transfer construction.": music to my ears! “due to Broadway-Lafayette Street to Bleecker Street transfer construction.”: music to my ears!

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