Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York. Uniformly positive results clear from the data after just a few months. And millions raised for public transit. A scandal this didn’t happen sooner.
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I was completely baffled by the democratic NY Gov putting a freeze on this happening last summer.
It feels like one of those super obvious things that on its face you KNOW is going to be such a huge win for almost everyone that anyone opposing it has to be part of some weird big transportation conspiracy or something.
I'm really glad they finally implemented it, and I can't wait to revisit NYC someday and get to enjoy it. Since the first time I spent a week in NYC 25 years ago, I couldn't get over how weird private cars seemed in Manhattan. They really have no place or use there, it's bonkers they get so much access.
I wasn’t surprised by this. Congestion pricing was highly unpopular outside of NYC. Republicans were going to make gains on Long Island as a result. She paused it as a favor to Hakeem Jeffries. It’s plausible that the house majority would be larger if it wasn’t for her pausing it.
I’ve been slowly listening to the audiobook of The Power Broker. I’m about three quarters of the way through it, and congestion pricing in NYC seems like a miracle given the frustrating and lamentable story it tells of transit policy in NYC. It’s long past time to free the city from the cold dead hands of Robert Moses!
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