( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “congestion parking schemes.” New York city officials are hoping to get people out of their cars and onto mass transit. [CutID: <Cuts> NYC-MASS-TRANSIT-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: NYC-MASS-TRANSIT-house-q-THUam Out-cue: congestion parking schemes] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Those international cities include London, Stockholm, Milan and Singapore. ——————————- VERBATIM: Between […]
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NYC’s plan to ease gridlock and pump billions into mass transit? A $15 toll for Manhattan drivers
( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “congestion parking schemes.”
New York city officials are hoping to get people out of their cars and onto mass transit.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Those international cities include London, Stockholm, Milan and Singapore.
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VERBATIM: Between bridge and tunnel tolls and parking fees, it can already cost a lot to drive a car into Manhattan. The Big Apple is close to implementing a plan that would use license-plate readers to turn all of Manhattan south of Central Park into one giant toll zone. If the plan is finalized, New York would become the first U.S. city to join a handful of others globally with similar congestion pricing schemes.