Pol doubts city's traffic estimates

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Pol doubts city's traffic estimates

 

A member of the state panel evaluating congestion pricing knocked the city's traffic estimates because they were generated by a computer model that uses a 10-year-old survey of local traveling patterns.

 

"Will someone please tell me how a survey done in 1997 can tell you how long it takes to get anywhere in 2007?," said Assemb. Richard Brodsky, (D-Westchester), a vocal critic of congestion pricing. "The changes in behavior -- just telecommuting alone -- are impossible to measure because of the information is ten years old."

 

Full story: AMNY - October 26, 2007