New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that passenger vehicles will be limited getting into Manhattan.
The four East River bridges will be limited to travel into Manhattan with vehicles of three or more people, Bloomberg said. The same restrictions are being made to the Hudson River bridges, except for the George Washington Bridge.
“If you are coming in anything other than the GWB you will have to have 3 people in your car,” Bloomberg said.
The lack of subways has meant extreme traffic in the city. The MTA said today that usually 2.3 million people take buses in the city each day, and another 5 million take the subways. So you do the math.
Bloomberg said that 643,000 people in NYC are still without power.
“Business in the city is on its way back,” Bloomberg said.
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Does this include livery vehicles too? I am taking a car service to JFK tomorrow and there will only be the driver and myself? I need to know now before I reserve the car!
Does this restriction include Manhattan residents trying to drive home in a private car?
Can you get in with only one person if you show hospital id?
Going INTO manhattan not leaving to go to JFK
Is there any support for those commuting from NJ into the city? They have no power and no way to coordinate a carpool but are expected to show up at work in Manhattan.
I recently had a stent put in to my heart and I have a required appointment with my cardiologist on the upper east side. My wife is the only person who can drive me. I called for a car service, but they are unavailable.
I live in Manhattan – how will I be able to get back in??
Memo to “The Prisoner of City Hall” guess what City Employees use CAR to get to work and when there is no or limited transportation.
You just can’t order everyone in and not have a plan to get them IN AND OUT.
Then their are those who DO NOT HAVE CARS and need to be picked up and drop off and then returned.
YOU HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES
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I am in Boston with my car and need to get home today for a doctor appointment, what should I do?
Does this mean if your enter NYC from GWB you will be able to get to your destination point in NYC or Police will prevent you from entering on West or East side highways???
mayor bloomberg should not just issue an executive order excluding all single drivers from
the city..as some of the above posters make clear there are medically necessary procedures
and tests etc that should be exculded from the order…anyone who has a diagnostic
test or medical appointment should be able to present an email from their physician and be
allowed to drive into the city alone..no reason not to do this..doctors are not going to abuse
it for those not having appointments and since new york is the medical care center of the
world many people living outside the city should not be deprived of seeing their physicians
or having their tests…its not complicated mayor do the right thing
will the 3 person restriction be enforced this weekend?
Will the 3 person restriction be enforced on Monday, Nov. 5? We are two people trying to return to our home in NYC in a private car. Thank you for information.
Is the 3person restriction still in force to drive into nyc?
I have a doctors appt. in the city on Friday, will I be able to get to the city with two people in car. Hope you can help me find out if the restriction is still on. Thank you