how did it lose? what's the assembly's deal? - ⓞnor

ny government is chronically dysfunctional. the assembly is essentially controlled by the speaker, Sheldon Silver, who represents the LES. probably what killed congestion pricing more than anything else was that he didn't want it to pass. his public comments had been lukewarm support. it's quite possible he didn't let it to pass because it was a way of him demonstrating his power. but the assembly members (democrats) also seemed anti-pricing because---and this is just a hypothesis---they're not too smart. - Larry Greenfield

Remind me why you get so excited about congestion pricing again? Among other things, how does this help carless Manhattanites like yourself? - j1m

Less pollution, less honking. Cars are a blight. - ƃuɐʞ

Of course, half of the cars driving in new york at any given moment are cabs. And it's already very expensive to bring a car in during a weekday. - j1m

benefits for the car-less: the revenue stream was dedicated to help mass transit. clearing up congestion allows for faster cab rides (even across the bridges needed to reach brooklyn) and should lower business costs for things like deliveries. - Larry Greenfield

yeah, nice. but note that the other plaintiff appears to be an actual former physics grad student. - j1m

So, wdyt? - ⓞnor

If the fact that seemingly intelligent people worry about whether people believe that the universe was created by "an unseen omnipotent entity" or "a big bang" is a joke, then the fact that $8 billion has been spent on this is the punchline. - Alex Mendes da Costa

m13a, are you saying that you think the questions the Large Hadron Collider are essentially religious ones? I tend to see cosmology that way, but I thought I was the only one. - j1m