(DNAINFO) Irene Plagianos | October 19, 2015 — A new City Council bill is trying to curtail the number of sightseeing tour buses allowed to roll through city streets — buses that many complain add to the city’s congestion and pollution.

The legislation, sponsored by Councilwoman Margaret Chin, and co-authored by Manhattan Borough president Gail Brewer, is calling for a limit to the number of double-decker buses that cart tourists around the city.

The bill is meant to “address the growing problem of double-decker buses clogging narrow and congested streets in my district and across the city,” said Chin, who represents Lower Manhattan, along with Chinatown, the Lower East Side, SoHo and Greenwich Village — areas many residents gripe can be especially jammed with tour buses.

Source: City Council Bill Aims to Limit Number of Tour Buses in the City – South Street Seaport – DNAinfo.com New York