Recharger The Dog » Russell Karpov http://www.rechargerthedog.com Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:36:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Jeter and A-Rod Domestic Partners? http://www.rechargerthedog.com/2006/12/25/jeter-and-a-rod-domestic-partners/ http://www.rechargerthedog.com/2006/12/25/jeter-and-a-rod-domestic-partners/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:15:33 +0000 Recharger http://rechargerthedog.com/?p=267 New-York-Traffic(2)1.jpgCARS MEAN 52,000 FEWER JOBS IN NEW YORK CITY AND A $13 BILLION HOLD IN THE CITY’S BUDGET, says a prominent business coalition. “Traffic congestion is now a brake on the economy,” said the brilliantly eloquent Kathryn S. Wylde, chief … Continue reading →]]> New-York-Traffic(2)1.jpgCARS MEAN 52,000 FEWER JOBS IN NEW YORK CITY AND A $13 BILLION HOLD IN THE CITY’S BUDGET, says a prominent business coalition. “Traffic congestion is now a brake on the economy,” said the brilliantly eloquent Kathryn S. Wylde, chief executive of the Partnership for New York City.

The equally sound-bite savvy Environmental Defense Fund claims less cars would “cut air pollution and, as a result, illnesses like asthma.”

One proposal to reduce traffic: a $7 fee on all cars and trucks driving below 60th street.

Just a wild guess, but Recharger, a former cabby, thinks this proposal has roughly same chance as Jeter and A-Rod becoming domestic partners.

-- Russell Karpov

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