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I have to go into parts of NYC(Wall Street, Staten Island, the Upper East Side) on occasion for work and it is a nightmare. When possible I use trains and the subway. I agree that the NYC subway system is horribly crowded.
The bottom line is this: witness what happens when you cram too many people into too small of an area. I don't really see what possible transportation regulations (or advances for that matter) could really alleviate this problem. The fact is that people need to spread out. And that's how I view this policy: it's not to encourage people to use public transportation but to discourage them from coming into or through NYC. I don't think it will be particularly successful, but NYC needs to do something to negate the draw of being the most powerful economic force on the US east coast.
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