Bill Ferns /Kid Java

Blues harmonica player, OTAHIMBY (Only Truly Affordable Housing In My Back Yard), Citibiker & car owner for congestion pricing with no exemptions.

[Bill Ferns /Kid Java @kidjava]

@epictruthwins @ShabazzStuart My work is done here.

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@epictruthwins @ShabazzStuart Interesting…the nearest formerly free bridges show a drop in traffic, but not the Midtown Tunnel. Maybe people used to paying the toll are less price-sensitive?

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@epictruthwins @ShabazzStuart And by your logic that fares should cover mass transit costs, tolls should cover road infrastructure costs. I guess you believe we should bill drivers for their road usage by vehicular miles traveled (VMT).

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@CPTNZacSparrow @ShabazzStuart Oh, and people in the zone pay $9 just like everyone else…

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@CPTNZacSparrow @ShabazzStuart I live in the congestion relief zone near the Williamsburg Bridge, and have a car. Congestion pricing has been a godsend in cutting back on traffic, reducing horn honking, and reducing bad driving behavior by people frustrated by the traffic.

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@epictruthwins @ShabazzStuart Wait a minute…to save $9 you park outside of the congestion relief zone, take a cab to your destination ($7 just to get in the cab), then take another cab back?

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@epictruthwins @ShabazzStuart I do not know where that video is but here is some data that shows markedly decreasd times gett into the congestion relief zone: https://t.co/cYDnolLZuh

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@fior_jennifer @SilverFoxReturn @jesskcoleman I am 71 living in the congestion relief zone. The elderly need better bus service and accessible subways. The CP fee funds those.
The elderly who take cabs will pay only an additional 75 cents per ride in the CRZ.

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@Terpin8or @maistev @jesskcoleman You are wrong about the numbers. The TBTA has contributed $10B to the MTA since their merger in 1968. The DOT cantilever is $5B, and the Kosciusko Bridge was $1B. The US funds NYS roads at about a 2-1 margin over mass transit.

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@AndySwan The “second order effects” you allude to are based on merchants’ fears, but repeatedly research shows that merchants overestimate the car users in their customer base and do better with pedestrianization . https://t.co/o5wZT6FfLY

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@proffriedman I was always entertained by the chuckleheads who would ask for an incomplete and then register for six classes the next semester.

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@RealClark11 Thanks, Dean!

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@AlexPuskas8 @billfernsNYC @JudicialProtest @JumaaneWilliams Two words in response on “conflict of interest”: Clarence Thomas

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@katompanga30 @NoContextBrits I would have expected her to use “Rhodesia���…

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@MayNotBeJoking @marc92gold “Joel will be here all week…try the chicken.”

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@DanaDayMorgan @MarkLevineNYC The 6,700 number is the number of drivers specifically going into the CBD.

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@NoContextBrits It is called a “mliko” pour in Czechia.

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@Grimblepinch @AdamBronkhorst In terms of marathons, you need robust mass transit to get runners to the starting line and from the finish line. You do not want 40000 cars clogging up the bucolic byways of the countryside.