Time Well Spent

The congestion pricing hearings sound like they’ve been really useful:

Assemblyman Herman “Denny” Farrell stood on the sidewalk in front of Hostos Community College last night, dreading the fifth public hearing of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission.

The state set up the 17-member panel to study Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan and ultimately to recommend ways to reduce traffic. Public hearings have been scheduled for each borough, Long Island and Westchester. But Farrell likened his presence last night to that of a dutiful schoolboy.

“You just sit there quietly and learn absolutely nothing,” he said.