Weiner: Toll Idea Is 'Tired, Old'
By Azi PaybarahAnthony Weiner, the 44-year-old congressman and declared mayoral candidate, responded to the Ravitch Commission's recommendation to toll the East River bridges as a “tired, old proposal.”
In a statement Weiner said, “[W]e need new and innovative ideas, not tired old proposals, Like a ghost in a Shakespearean play, the idea of taxing the commuters in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island for using the East River Bridges or raising fares appears again and again.”
Tolling the bridges has come up for debate numerous times in the last decades, usually to overwhelming opposition, including some from Weiner himself.
Michael Bloomberg, who is 66, supports the idea.
I asked Weiner if he was making a subtle dig at Bloomberg's age with the “tired, old” line.
Weiner, responding over IM, replied, “east river tolls. wow. that’s fresh.”
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tolls on bridges are a good thing
As a Brooklynite, who lives near the entrance to the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, I support the idea of tolls. As long as they don't cause traffic tie ups (as I understand the implementation of tolls will not), using tolls to discourage traffic and fund mass transit makes sense to me.
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