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Bronx Letter-Writing Party: Tell Your Elected Officials to Support Congestion Pricing!

Opponents of congestion pricing are doing their best to kill the plan by a thousand cuts. They are cobbling together 11th hour “alternatives” and throwing up roadblocks to keep pricing revenues from flowing to transit projects.

You can bet the hard driving opposition to traffic relief and better transit will make their voice heard. But what about the millions who rely on transit to get to work? What about neighborhoods suffering the daily environmental burden of traffic-jammed streets? Call on your City Council, State Assembly and State Senate representatives to pass a congestion pricing plan by March 31st by sending them the gold standard in official correspondence: a personal, hand-written note.

Transportation Alternatives is hosting this letter-writing party to make sure City Council Members, State Assembly Members and State Senators hear (and read) the voices of their constituents who support congestion pricing. Come out, join us for a beverage and make sure your voice is counted.

When
  March 12, 2008 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where
  Citizens Advice Bureau
  1130 Grand Concourse (at McClellan St.), 4th Floor
  The Bronx

SOURCE: StreetsBlog.org

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 Police released this picture of a man they say has robbed a series of livery cabs.

Bronx Livery Robbery Suspect Photo Released

Police have released a photo of a man they say has been robbing livery cab drivers at knifepoint in the Bronx. He has struck at least five times in a six-day stretch beginning December 19, police said.

In each robbery, the man hailed a cab, pulled out a knife during the ride and made off with the driver’s cash and car. No one was hurt in any of the incidents, police said.

The suspect appears to be Hispanic, in his 40s, about 5-foot-8, and between 165 to 185 pounds, authorities said. The photo was taken from a security camera mounted in one of the cabs.

This is the blotter of robberies:

1. Wednesday 12/19/07 1830. The suspect was picked up at Morris Ave. and 149 St. and the robbery took place at 153 St. and Walton Ave.

2. Thursday 12/20/07 1810. The suspect was picked up at 149 St. and Morris Ave. and the robbery took place in front of 675 Walton Ave.

3. Friday 12/21/07 1755. The suspect was picked up at 143 St. and Morris Ave. and the robbery took place at McClellan St. and Walton Ave.

4. Saturday 12/22/07 1300. The suspect was picked up at 149 St. and Courtlandt Ave. and the robbery took place at 159 St. and Grand Concourse.

5. Monday 12/24/07 1340. The suspect was picked up at 149 St. and Morris Ave. and the robbery took place in front of 711 Walton Ave.

Police request that anyone with information call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS

SOURCE: MyFoxNY.com

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