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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Smoother travel for car pools On the first and second

into town days of the restrictions, many motorists stayed away from the city due to the Yom Kippur holiday. The affected crossings By LEONARD GREENE are the Brooklyn, Manhat­ After a successful, start tan and Williamsburg Thursday and Friday, the bridges to lower Manhat­ city resumes carpooling tan, and the 59th Street restrictions tomorrow in Bridge and Queens-Mid­ Manhattan. town and Lincoln tunnels As was the case last into Midtown. week, drivers of single­ The Brooklyn-Battery occupant passenger cars Tunnel remains closed to will be turned back at any all but emergency vehi­ Manhattan-bound bridge cles, and the Holland or tunnel below 62nd Tunnel is open only to Street between 6 a.m. and New Jersey-bound traffic noon. from Varick and Watts Mayor Giuliani said streets. 59th Street Bridge traffic New Jersey-bound was down 38 percent Fri­ trucks remain banned day, and Manhattan from the tube. Bridge traffic was down Commercial trucks, 30 percent. government----- vehicles, He said the biggest im­ taxis and cars carrying pact was felt along emergency workers and Queens Boulevard, which essential medical person- leads to the 59th Street net are exempt. Bridge. At 9:30 a.m., the Alternate-side parkin; baclmp was less than a mile. Two days earlier, remains suspendei through Wednesday. JI the line of vehicles stretched four miles. “That was the major cause of concern,” Giuli­ ani said. The new rule got mixed reviews from drivers, but city officials and trans­ portation groups hailed the carpool effort, saying it was an important first step to get the city rolling again.

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