Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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Confining cars to roads is anti-liberty!!!
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HOW MANY?!
Surgery: $100,000
Toll: $6
Someone who is good at budgets help, I tried complaining about the $6 toll but I'm still broke!
Well done.
Traffic has been down at least by half, even at rush hour
Imagine what other benefits we can reap as a society by making life just a little more inconvenient for the extremely rich?
Thatβs what you meant, right?
Are there any figures about pollution? There will be short and long term positive consequences for health and stress. All good.
Oh wait, every single person who knows anything about urban planning and infrastructure.
My commute has been greatly improved. Itβs about 10 minutes less, each way. Traffic jams are now the exception and not the rule.
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People who live in the city don't have to pay it.
3/4 people in NYC don't own cars because renting a parking space costs as much as buying a second car.
Wow, it's almost like knowing stuff and listening to the people who really know their stuff, rather than "but but common sense" can make life better.
Pretty cool οΏΌ
π£ βBroadway-ticket sales are up, too, and the cityβs Business Improvement Districts say theyβve seen 1.5 million more visitors year over year.β
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Saved at least 30 minutes each way.
Best $6 I spent in months
More please!