In Just 25 Years, A Million More People On Our Subways, Our Buses, Our Streets . . . What If Congestion Pricing Unnecessarily Complicated Daily Life, And Created An Event Chain Of Unwieldy New Street Regulations, And Residential Parking Permits?

Throw up whatever you have and see what sticks:

Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a “residential parking permit program” that would restrict parking spots to neighborhood residents during certain hours. Drivers who did not display neighborhood-specific permits would be ticketed.

If approved by the City Council, the program would allow local community boards to designate their neighborhoods as restricted parking areas. Some see the parking program as a way to appease critics of Mr. Bloomberg’s congestion-pricing proposal, which would have drivers paying $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Residents of boroughs outside Manhattan have expressed concern that if congestion pricing were to pass, their streets would become congested with drivers looking for a parking space before traveling into the city on public transportation.