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NYC Residents Demand More Transit Spending and Favor East River Bridge Tolls

A news release produced by the Empire State Survey
5 July 1992

Q66.  If you had only two choices -- spend more money on better 
roads and highways or spend more money improving mass transit 
like subways, which would you prefer?

            All             Car   Non Car      Home   Renters
                         Owners    Owners    Owners

Highways    30%             34%       21%       36%       27%
Transit     59%             56%       66%       52%       63%


Q71.  City government has to do something to decrease the number
of cars in Manhattan -- even if it means putting car tolls on the
bridges over the East River like the Queensboro and Brooklyn bridges.

            All             Car   Non Car      Home   Renters
                         Owners    Owners    Owners

Agree       55%             52%       59%       53%       51%
Disagree    40%             44%       34%       42%       44%


Strongly agree      33%
Strongly disagree   21%

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