[crazycat]

We have this in London.....and it keeps out the poor. As only the rich can afford to drive in, so the roads are only for the rich, just like in the Soviet Union.

[pnh102]

Congestion pricing is a good idea—in principle.

What a totally dumb and clueless statement. Congestion pricing is a rotten idea.

[Our man in washington]

Congestion pricing is the fairest way to distribute a scarce good. In this case, the scarce good is right-of-way at a particular time of day. We distribute almost all other scarce goods through a pricing system, so what not this one?

That said, it sounds like Bloomberg went around things in a bad way. But he’s right on principle.

[Flintlock]

Of course Boomberg is the smartest in the land,
After all, he has so much money..............
SO SHUT UP YOU PROLES!!

[ml/nj]

Congestion pricing is a good idea—in principle.

Why is the solution to every supposed problem a new tax?

ML/NJ

[kvasir]

to all new york city slickers - please continue to block the elitist mayor at every turn until we get our city back and he learns that his obsession with the $500mil and furthering his own career at our expense and quality of life is more than offensive - it’s degrading.

[Alberta's Child]

When concerns were raised that the subways were already heavily overcrowded and increasingly late -- problems sure to be worsened by the plan -- Bloomberg dismissed them out of hand.

I said this was the biggest flaw in the plan right from the start.

Bloomberg of all people should know that New York City's transit system is even more crowded than its streets.

[Yankee]

Looks like the enviro-nazi libs shoved it through after all:

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/07/congestion_pric.php

Nothing is ever dead when socialists want it. They only wait for you to turn your head for a minute.