To avoid the fee, just don't drive

To the editor:

Re: Bill Stone's letter to the editor, "Mayor's traffic plan is 'ill-conceived,'" Oct. 11.

I wonder where Mr. Stone got the idea that Kingsbridge residents will pay the full $8 congestion pricing fee and that Riverdale residents will pay a little less. I live in Marble Hill and I know that I will not be paying this congestion fee, and I don't expect my neighbors in Kingsbridge and Riverdale to pay either. Why should they, with four subway stops along Broadway, three Metro-North stations in the area, two Manhattanbound bus routes and an express bus? (Not to mention the nearby West Side and East Side Greenway bike paths in Manhattan allowing a safe car-free bike ride downtown.)

Personally, I'm tired of congested streets as well as the road rage and air and noise pollution that come with them.

MICHAEL KONRAD

This is part of the October 25, 2007 online edition of The Riverdale Press.

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