July 11, 2007
No Easy Pass for Mayor’s Traffic Congestion Plan
Residents in New York City and its surrounding suburbs oppose the mayor’s traffic congestion plan: 61% of residents in the New York metropolitan area oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s traffic congestion plan which would charge most drivers to enter Manhattan on weekdays. Residents both inside the city and the surrounding counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut oppose the plan. Only residents in Manhattan divide on the issue. 48% of Manhattan residents support the plan, and 46% oppose it.