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Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally

Supporters of congestion pricing rallied yesterday in Times Square, urging state lawmakers to act by July 16 on Mayor Bloomberg's initiative or risk losing $500 million in federal funds. "The time is now," said the mayor, according to the New York Post. "We cannot walk away from this opportunity."

By Sarah Goodyear

4:05 PM EDT on July 6, 2007

Supporters of congestion pricing rallied yesterday in Times Square, urging state lawmakers to act by July 16 on Mayor Bloomberg’s initiative or risk losing $500 million in federal funds. “The time is now,” said the mayor, according to the New York Post. “We cannot walk away from this opportunity.”

Shouting out to tourists in a passing bus, the Mayor also suggested a new slogan for the Big Apple, according to the Daily News: “Welcome to New York. We have cars clogging our street. We have trucks
polluting our air. We have traffic holding back business.”

Sarah Goodyear

Sarah Goodyear is a journalist and author who has covered cities and transportation for publications such as Grist, CityLab, and Streetsblog.

Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally

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