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Congestion Pricing

T.A. Ad Drives It Home … to Westchester

11:58 AM EDT on March 21, 2008

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Taking aim at the richest irony of the
faux-populist case against congestion pricing, Transportation Alternatives has released this ad [PDF], coming soon to a newspaper near you. The copy reads:

Drivers from Westchester earn an average income of $176,231.Only 4% of New York City commuters would pay the congestion fee.100% of the congestion fee goes to improving mass transit.

Do the math:Congestion Pricing = Better Transit

You know, he even sort of looks like that other guy from Westchester.

Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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