http://talkingpointsmemo.com//muckraker/traffic-fort-lee-development
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When he spoke to TPM on Tuesday, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich said that he met with the Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni "maybe one, maybe two" times to discuss ways to reduce traffic. Sokolich said they talked about shuttle bus service, a potential bike share program and parking facilities for car poolers. He said the conversations did not reach a point where they were discussing adding toll booths or lanes to help local residents reach the bridge.
"We never got deep enough into it, we never really got that far to say we started getting into specifics," Sokolich said.
However, Sokolich said that, based on his meetings, there was no way Baroni was unaware of the project. Baroni has said the lanes were shut as part of a traffic study to examine the impact of closing some of the lanes used by Fort Lee residents to access the bridge. Sokolich said, based on their meetings,
Baroni could not have thought closing any of the lanes would have had a positive impact on Fort Lee.
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