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b1argg t1_j9vac84 wrote

Reply to comment by Important-Ad1871 in Burying Moses' biggest middle finger to the city? Plan to tunnel the BQE being discussed by scooterflaneuse

it's a necessity for Brooklyn, and some Queens, residents to leave the island. Especially with congestion pricing coming.

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Important-Ad1871 t1_j9vfw62 wrote

I’m not sure I see your point re:congestion pricing

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b1argg t1_j9vgcbc wrote

because the BQE is the way to bypass manhattan

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oreosfly t1_j9vjsv3 wrote

If you want to go from Queens/Bk/LI to New Jersey, the cheapest way is to take one of the free East River crossings into Manhattan and then cross the island to the Holland/Lincoln/GWB. This is a toll free route. Once you start charging drivers $23 to enter the CBD, they will begin diverting around the CBD and take either go north via RFW or Cross Bronx to the GW (which will cost about $7), or they will take the BQE south to the Verrazzano and leave via the Goethals/Outer Bridge (cost about $7 as well).

If you have all this extra traffic going onto the BQE to go around the CBD and the BQE is not able to handle that extra load, you can see how this quickly spirals into an unmitigated clusterfuck

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Important-Ad1871 t1_j9vovs3 wrote

Oh, then just make all of the roads cost the same and the traffic situation won’t change

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I do appreciate the breakdown, though

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oreosfly t1_j9yvyxb wrote

The point is to route traffic around the CBD, though. If you make all roads cost the same, then people will say "well, I'm paying the same shit anyways so I might as well continue cutting through Manhattan". The entire purpose of congestion pricing is to route people around Manhattan rather than through it.

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