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vjp2@dorsai.org @news.dorsai.org (Vasos Panagiotopoulos +1-212-287-8087 Bioengineer-Financier Samani Marions Panyaught NYC-11357-3436-287-USA) wrote:
>A friend who use dto work for the fed UMTA once told me it really
>costs three times the price of a token to ride the subway but these
>sleazy pinkos take the money from your toll booths and don't use it
>to repair roads like they're supposed to.

In fact, funds to repair the TBTA bridges come from the tolls off the top,
as required by the terms of the bonds. Only the surplus (which is huge)
goes to support mass transit.

A single busy subway line can carry 50,000 people per hour in one
direction. The next time you're in a traffic jam on the Triborough or in
the Midtown Tunnel, think about what it would be like if an additional
50,000 people were added to the jam. Then reflect that the bridge toll
that you pay might just be a bargain in terms of the time it saves you
sitting stuck in traffic.



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Rock Miller (71054.527@compuserve.com)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York

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