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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Road Pricing in New York Meets Resistance


Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, in his strongest language yet against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to charge people who drive into the most congested parts of Manhattan during the day, questioned the health benefits of the proposal yesterday. He also suggested that many of the environmental goals Mr. Bloomberg has outlined could be accomplished without congestion pricing. (New York Times, Tuesday)

Sell the streets!

FEE Timely Classic
Government Highways: Unsafe at Any Speed by Richard Barbarick