Congestion Pricing

T.A. Responds to Fidler’s Tax’n’Tunnel Pipe Dream

We probably shouldn't be lavishing any more attention on Lew Fidler's Tax'n'Tunnel proposal but Transportation Alternatives' Paul Steely White fired off a pretty good, concise response to the Daily News the other day:

By Aaron Naparstek

11:04 AM EST on November 28, 2007

We probably shouldn’t be lavishing any more attention on Lew Fidler’s Tax’n’Tunnel proposal but Transportation Alternatives’ Paul Steely White fired off a pretty good, concise response to the Daily News the other day:

Instead of supporting congestion pricing, Councilman Lew
Fidler wants to impose billions of dollars in payroll taxes and dig
three new tunnels (“Tunnel visions,” Nov. 13). If Fidler truly wants to
help those who rely on mass transit, he should recognize that they
don’t need tax hikes or holes in the ground, but the immediate transit
improvements that congestion pricing would provide.
Paul Steely White
Transportation Alternatives

OK, I’ll admit it. I just miss mixing it up with Fidler in the comments section. Lew, where’d ya go?

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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