Would be interesting to see how this has affected number of visits and travel times at different affluence levels. At least in London the less well off started visiting the congestion charge zones less altogether.
Has the median net worth of those driving gone up? Vancouver did all sorts of “make having a car really expensive” moves like removing parking lots and making the remaining ones prohibitively expensive for the working class. Must be nice for all the supercar drivers to have fewer poor people clogging up the roads!
Congestion pricing is manufactured to create a new tax class.
First they let over 100k Ubers on the roads where there were only 32k taxis.
Then they added bike lanes.
Then they added two bus lanes.
Then they closed streets.
Then they added more bike lanes.
Then they added 'floating islands.
Then they added 'pedestrian walkways' in the street -- next to the sidewalks.
Some avenues are down to one lane.
Viola! Congestion.
All of the money goes to the bankrupt MTA.
The Democrat supermajority in NYS/NYC wins again.
Didn’t POTUS sign something to invalidate congestion pricing and liberate New Yorkers from this? I haven’t paid close attention not being from NYC, but I remember some self congratulating from POTUS about this. Did it get knocked down?
Edit: Saved, not liberated was the quote from POTUS
NYC has 0.6 vehicles per household, and in Manhattan it’s closer to 0.25. This isn’t LA (1.6) or even Chicago (1.0). Congestion pricing is aimed at those who drive into the city - often with solid public transportation alternatives.
The revenue goes toward improving transit—something the vast majority actually use. These upgrades take time. Six months of data means very little in a system this complex.
If you're offering deep takes on this, it’s only fair to say whether you actually live in NYC or nearby. Most of the loudest critics seem disconnected from the day-to-day reality of getting around here.
Can any NYC bikers weigh in on if congestion pricing has had any positive or negative side effects? Are motorcycle-class "bikes" the biggest issue for bikers now?
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 34.1 ms ] threadA more fair approach would be rationing, not just for driving but for every naturally scarce resource.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing
Edit: Saved, not liberated was the quote from POTUS
The revenue goes toward improving transit—something the vast majority actually use. These upgrades take time. Six months of data means very little in a system this complex.
If you're offering deep takes on this, it’s only fair to say whether you actually live in NYC or nearby. Most of the loudest critics seem disconnected from the day-to-day reality of getting around here.