Talk:Congestion pricing in New York City/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: AmericanAir88 (talk · contribs) 20:30, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Time to start the Epicgenius backlog. I will be hopefully taking care of all your backlogged nominations. No-one, especially you, should have to wait several months. Every article I review of yours is impressive and shows your dedication. AmericanAir88 (talk) 20:30, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Issues

@Epicgenius: Sorry for the delay, long work week at the office. AmericanAir88 (talk) 01:09, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

It's OK. I just started a new job myself, so I have very limited free time. epicgenius (talk) 01:43, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Nice! I commute to the city everyday and my breaks are filled with wikipedia. I am guessing you are the MTA creative director? AmericanAir88 (talk) 01:48, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

I wish that were the case, but unfortunately, I'm only 19 years old. I learned the hard way that the MTA only hires students if they're heading into their senior year of college. I'm a rising sophomore, so guess that means two more years... epicgenius (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Copyvio

• The last paragraph of "reaction" is a complete copy and paste plagiarism from slate.com
  • I wouldn't call it "plagiarism", since it's a direct quote. A pretty long one, I must add (but not the entire paragraph). I've reworded it. epicgenius (talk) 01:43, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

References

• I cannot access refs 19 or 20. Look into that
• Ref 17 is dead
• Ref 22 is dead
• Ref 23 is dead
• Ref 30 is dead
• Ref 34 is dead
• Ref 40 is dead
• Ref 44 is dead
• Ref 53 is dead
  • I fixed most of them. epicgenius (talk) 01:43, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Article

• "In 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo reintroduced the congestion pricing proposal in response to the New York City Subway's state of emergency, a proposal that Mayor Bill de Blasio opposed."

Elaborate more on the state of emergency (what happened, effects)

If I elaborate too much, it will go into an irrelevant tangent. Thus, I only added a short overview. epicgenius (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• "A recurring proposal includes adding tolls to all crossings of the East River, which separates Manhattan from Long Island."

Elaborate more on this. Maybe give an example of a bridge (Brooklyn maybe). Talk more about the crossings of the east river and why its not tolled.

I will add info about this in the article's body when I get the time. But it seems like if I talk too much about these bridges, it will also become irrelevant. epicgenius (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• "which was very unpopular."

According to whom? Give examples

I reworded, to avoid this vagueness. epicgenius (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• "He had previously made a similar suggestion."

What was it? Why was it so similar.

It was the exact same suggestion. epicgenius (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• "The parking ban, announced in September 1970, affected a triangular 50-block area below Fulton Street[5] and upset truckers and merchants."

Elaborate more

There's not that much to elaborate on. I mean, I could go on about the details of the parking ban, but it would go on a tangent. epicgenius (talk) 12:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• "In 1970, the government enacted new federal air pollution regulations."

What was this? You could click the link but it would be nice to have a little background info.

Done.

• "The city's transportation commissioner said that limited bans on two streets in midtown Manhattan had been successful."

How have they been successful? Elaborate more.

The reference doesn't elaborate how it was successful. In any case, this doesn't need much explanation. Since it was a vehicle ban, it just reduced traffic. epicgenius (talk) 12:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• The list starting with "On July 9, 2007" to "parking permits" needs to be fixed.

@AmericanAir88: I don't know what needs to be fixed. I simply added some explanations. epicgenius (talk) 12:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: I meant incorporate it into prose. AmericanAir88 (talk) 13:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@AmericanAir88: OK, I have done that. epicgenius (talk) 00:03, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

• "Coincidentally, by July 2008, gasoline prices of over $4.00 a gallon caused a 5 percent drop in vehicle trips into lower Manhattan, realizing goals that Bloomberg had envisioned for his congestion pricing scheme."

Very choppy and confusing. Consider splitting.

Done.

• If you can, expand the 2015 proposal with additional citations accompanying it.

I expanded a little. I will add more later. epicgenius (talk) 12:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Pass. The epicgenius backlog will finally go down!AmericanAir88 (talk) 01:32, 20 July 2018 (UTC)