I don't like it, they should have a provision for people who live in the area that will be effected. I'm going to have to pay $8 every time I drive home during 6am -6pm.
This was my very first thought when I hear of Bloomberg's a$$inine, rich man's idea. Just one more way the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is getting screwed. Hey, what's another $8 a day when you're a billionaire?
I wanna stop global warming as much as the next person, but this is not going to have the impact Bloomberg's been pitching. It's like hacking off your leg and then using a band-aid to control the bleeding. We need to stop using fossil fules, and not just here but across the planet. Besides, the vast majority of green house gasses generated in and around NYC comes from buildings. They account for over 80% on NYC's carbon footprint.
When I lived in Manhattan I had to have a car to get to my job outside the city. It was the only job I could get after getting laid off and being out of work for a year following 9/11. Between parking, insurance, gas and everything else it was insanely expensive. I could have lived in a big 1+ bedroom apartment instead of a 500 sq ft. studio for what having a car in the city cost me.
As for now, I already take mass transit to work every day. All it will mean is I won't go into the city on the weekends anymore to do stuff. Even
if I could get a parking spot at the train station, Metro North doesn't run often enough on weekends and would be too much a pain in the butt. I'm sure White Plains will be more than happy to have me spend my entertainment dollars here...and I'll have more money for frags too!