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Transit chief slams Albany over congestion failure

The federal transit chief took a swipe at Albany for blocking Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan Thursday and encouraged supporters of the idea to keep fighting for it.

"We at the DOT in the Bush administration consider the decision to be very disappointing as well as short-sighted," said James Simpson, the federal transit administrator for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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