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Bloomberg: Gas crunch may overstress LIRR, subways

Without a funding plan such as congestion pricing, a crush of commuters from New York City's suburbs who have abandoned their cars for public transit because of high gas prices would further burden the city's already stressed transit system, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday.

"We came up with one plan, we fought very hard for it ... and for some reason or another, Albany said, 'No, we...

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