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I'm glad to see NYC catch up to its European counterparts. This could do wonders for the air pollution inequities that exist in the city.

jseliger 8y ago
Seriously. This is long overdue. The city should also charge market pricing for street parking and eliminate large swaths of street parking: https://www.city-journal.org/html/high-cost-free-parking-14665.html https://www.city-journal.org/html/high-cost-free-parking-146..., but this is a good, if tardy, start.
- red_hare 8y ago
  As a vehical owner who parks on the street in NYC, hell yes! Charge me money for parking! It’s insane that it’s free in this city. Get cars out from parking on the streets and do something useful with that space like wider sidewalks or bike lanes!
  - kfarr 8y ago
    Street Parking is Theft! :) https://www.etsy.com/listing/646896312/street-parking-is-theft-shirt-for-the https://www.etsy.com/listing/646896312/street-parking-is-the...
kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
The European counterparts give substantial discounts to motorcycles. Probably won't happen here. Port authority only gives $1 off (< 10% discount) now. Why do people between say 96th and 60th not count as congestion generators? Seems like they're "gerrymandering" the neighborhoods hit by the surcharge.
DanBC 8y ago
London did it, and it had the effect of pushing people onto buses, taxis, and private hrie vehicles. The vast majority of those use diesel. London has terrible air quality as a result. You need to give incentives for electric vehicles (especially if that's electric buses) and disincentives to diesel for it to really work.
- adwww 8y ago
  The private cars were also diesel in great numbers, and there were many more of them, carrying on average barely more than 1 person. You can't blame London's poor air on it having a congestion charge...
  - DanBC 8y ago
    The congestion charge has done nothing to clean up london's air.

jseliger 8y ago

Seriously. This is long overdue. The city should also charge market pricing for street parking and eliminate large swaths of street parking: https://www.city-journal.org/html/high-cost-free-parking-14665.html https://www.city-journal.org/html/high-cost-free-parking-146..., but this is a good, if tardy, start.

red_hare 8y ago
As a vehical owner who parks on the street in NYC, hell yes! Charge me money for parking! It’s insane that it’s free in this city. Get cars out from parking on the streets and do something useful with that space like wider sidewalks or bike lanes!
- kfarr 8y ago
  Street Parking is Theft! :) https://www.etsy.com/listing/646896312/street-parking-is-theft-shirt-for-the https://www.etsy.com/listing/646896312/street-parking-is-the...

kevin_thibedeau 8y ago

The European counterparts give substantial discounts to motorcycles. Probably won't happen here. Port authority only gives $1 off (< 10% discount) now. Why do people between say 96th and 60th not count as congestion generators? Seems like they're "gerrymandering" the neighborhoods hit by the surcharge.

DanBC 8y ago

London did it, and it had the effect of pushing people onto buses, taxis, and private hrie vehicles. The vast majority of those use diesel. London has terrible air quality as a result. You need to give incentives for electric vehicles (especially if that's electric buses) and disincentives to diesel for it to really work.

adwww 8y ago
The private cars were also diesel in great numbers, and there were many more of them, carrying on average barely more than 1 person. You can't blame London's poor air on it having a congestion charge...
- DanBC 8y ago
  The congestion charge has done nothing to clean up london's air.