"New York hasn't labored under a king in 250 years" Hochul is not sounding tentative about defending congestion pricing. - ThreadSky

peark.es • 3 days ago

"New York hasn't labored under a king in 250 years"

Hochul is not sounding tentative about defending congestion pricing.

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leaferi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Love it!

arrogantmonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also because she’s a woman who got into her current position in part because of MeToo she’s gonna trigger Trump in all the ways that will hurt him.

arrogantmonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

You absolutely don’t have to hand it to Hochul but if she’s the one to understand the moment I’m not gonna complain. Trump is handing her moments to exploit I hope she gets that

unsirius.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hochul redemption arc

apearlma.bsky.social•3 days ago

outcome is so fucking easy to defend, this is almost gift wrapped for her

moderatelyangry.bsky.social•3 days ago

Glad she’s finally finding her spine.

peark.es•3 days ago

"We are keeping the cameras on" to resounding cheers.

This is so funny, as craven as they come to bear hug congestion pricing after wrecking havoc by delaying it.

nilo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Congestion is down! Easy to defend.

stevenlandgraf.com•3 days ago

Negatively polarized into pricing externalities. We're so back.

mikewasson.net•3 days ago

You're absolutely right but I don't care, we welcome Comrade Hochul to the revolution etc.

peark.es•3 days ago

oh same

pmwwp.bsky.social•3 days ago

This this this.

djchocolatemlk.bsky.social•3 days ago

War time makes for strange allies

jimlsilver.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's bizarre. Hochul's timid delay strengthened Trump's hand.
New York would be in a much stronger position if she had allowed it to start last June.

semiquaver.bsky.social•3 days ago

it helps that it happens to be miraculously effective! halving the morning drive time through the Holland tunnel *and* increasing commercial activity in mid-town while inconveniencing a relatively insignificant number of ppl commuting by car...

meelar.bsky.social•3 days ago

But it's not a miracle! This was all very predictable--Streetsblog was saying that this would happen well before pricing even began. All it takes is the slightest modicum of political courage. London and Singapore got very similar results, right down to the dip in popularity just before launch

semiquaver.bsky.social•3 days ago

now that people have actually *seen* this, its hard to put back in the bottle. I think New Yorkers will fight for this at this point.