Comments on: Are Residency-Based Toll Discounts Unconstitutional? http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/23/are-residency-based-toll-discounts-unconstitutional/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:08:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: richmond ranger http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/23/are-residency-based-toll-discounts-unconstitutional/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 richmond ranger Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:17:58 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=7133#comment-2093 P.S the city and state will loose more money when the Exodus from SI and NYC grows larger, this is the straw that'll break the camels back for sure. So, discounts stays and you keep residents or remove discount and loose tax money, resident tolls, retail and so much more.....huh!? P.S the city and state will loose more money when the Exodus from SI and NYC
grows larger, this is the straw that’ll break the camels back for sure. So,
discounts stays and you keep residents or remove discount and loose tax money, resident tolls, retail and so much more…..huh!?

]]> By: richmond ranger http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/23/are-residency-based-toll-discounts-unconstitutional/comment-page-1/#comment-2092 richmond ranger Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:14:56 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=7133#comment-2092 Its extortion and the S.I bashers and PC people are crying foul. Its not there budgets or bottom line we have no choice to use a bridge to get off the island and on. The ferry is good only for Manhattan and foot traffic. A Lot of SI'ers work in other boroughs. Its unfair to take this discount away plain and simple. Its extortion and the S.I bashers and PC people are crying foul. Its not there budgets or bottom line we have no choice to use a bridge to get off the island and on. The ferry is good only for Manhattan and foot traffic. A Lot of SI’ers work in other boroughs. Its unfair to take this discount away plain and simple.

]]> By: Donald G. Finkel http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/23/are-residency-based-toll-discounts-unconstitutional/comment-page-1/#comment-2089 Donald G. Finkel Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:50:57 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=7133#comment-2089 The discount to to Statren Island residence on the Verrazano Bridge is to allow "free" access to the rest of the boroughs of the city. This is stipulated in the city charter as a provision that Staten islanders insisted on as a stipulation for becoming part of the City of New York. Th VZ bridge is not an interstate bridge and connects the borough of Staten island to other parts of the city. The ferry fare is free and does not carry vehicular traffic anymore; making the bridge the only way for vehicular traffic to get to other parts of the city. It is not "free" and is at best a comprise being discounted. The discount to to Statren Island residence on the Verrazano Bridge is to allow “free” access to the rest of the boroughs of the city. This is stipulated in the city charter as a provision that Staten islanders insisted on as a stipulation for becoming part of the City of New York. Th VZ bridge is not an interstate bridge and connects the borough of Staten island to other parts of the city.

The ferry fare is free and does not carry vehicular traffic anymore; making the bridge the only way for vehicular traffic to get to other parts of the city. It is not “free” and is at best a comprise being discounted.

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