What To Do About New York's Congestion? Readers React

The New York Times recently asked its readers to offer their suggestions on improving the city's traffic congestion. This article reveals their ideas -- and puts them up to the scrutiny of two transportation experts.

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November 8, 2007, 11:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg

"In the wake of Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to calm Manhattan traffic through a plan called congestion pricing, the City section asked its readers to offer their own solutions for easing the borough's traffic woes."

"Here are 20 of their suggestions, with assessments by two local experts on traffic: Jeffrey Zupan, a senior fellow for transportation at the Regional Plan Association in New York, and John Falcocchio, a professor of transportation planning at Polytechnic University in Downtown Brooklyn."

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Sunday, November 4, 2007 in The New York Times

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