Congestion Pricing Dead: lamelamelamelamelame

Congestion pricing failed this afternoon when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver emerged from a closed-door meeting to announce that there wouldn’t even be a vote to determine it’s viability. And with that, $354 million in federal grants for public and sustainable transit evaporates So, if you’re one of the eight non-cabbies that lives in the five boroughs and actually drives to work in Manhattan, just give him a little love-tap with your door the next time you see him riding his chauffered tandem bike to work.

Can we propose just banning cars without charging them $8 a pop?

Also, can we get a Righteous Indignation tag?

About The Author - Ben is a formerly aspiring icthyologist, musician, and theologian. He is now a advertising copywriter living in Brooklyn, where he resides with his wife, two cats, and a basement full of bicycle parts. - Visit Ben's site.

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  1. Sheldon Silver may have just earned a spot on our waterboarding list…

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