Bloomberg Can Ram Through Millions Of Dollars In Public Projects Before The Economy Totally Tanks, But One Day Later, Congestion Pricing Suddenly Seems Revoltingly Out Of Date
As the City Council decides that the national and local economy can chug along nicely no matter how much you gouge truckers, drivers on the other side of the Hudson — that cartoon-like expanse of the country that lay just beyond the New Yorker’s view of the world — suggest a different sort of congestion pricing may be ahead:
Posted: April 1st, 2008 | Filed under: Follow The Money, Things That Make You Go "Oy", Well, What Did You Expect?Truckers protesting high fuel prices are clogging the New Jersey Turnpike.
Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando says trucks “as far as the eye can see” are driving about 20 mph and heading south near Exit 14 in Newark.
He says truckers are also chanting and protesting at the Vince Lombardi Service Area in Bergen County.
Orlando says the protest is backing up Turnpike traffic.
Truckers have been staging other protests throughout the country.