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Making Tolls Pay-off for Brooklyn Equal pricing of all entries so 50,000 drivers don’t drive out of way to free Brooklyn bridges, clogging local streets; would free-up road capacity for economic development. Time of day pricing to reduce congestion in peak hours, give people lower cost times to travel. Brooklyn gets transit and road benefits equal to its 25% share of weekday vehicle entries to Manhattan CBD. Full flow toll collection across 59 th St. cordon closes loophole, doubles revenues.

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Making Tolls Pay-off for Brooklyn• Equal pricing of all entries so 50,000 drivers don’t drive out of way to free

Brooklyn bridges, clogging local streets; would free-up road capacity for economic development.

• Time of day pricing to reduce congestion in peak hours, give people lower cost times to travel.

• Brooklyn gets transit and road benefits equal to its 25% share of weekday vehicle entries to Manhattan CBD.

• Full flow toll collection across 59 th St. cordon closes loophole, doubles revenues.