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It's actually just a way to fleece people. According to their projections, this will reduce traffic inbound by like 3%. So it's not really gonna reduce cars, ju
by xyzelement 3y ago
It's actually just a way to fleece people. According to their projections, this will reduce traffic inbound by like 3%. So it's not really gonna reduce cars, just take money out of people's pockets.
- njarboe 3y agoOnce the toll system is in place the price can be increased until the traffic is reduced to the desired amount. Standard practice.
- xyzelement 3y agoIt seems mildly incredible to me that a plan which was passed under the guise of reducing traffic wouldn't claim an eventual decrease of more than 3% if they were expecting to get there.
- dagw 3y agoOnce the toll system is in place, the city will realise that reduced traffic means reduced toll income and the exercise becomes to find the highest price people will pay without significantly reducing traffic. Standard practice.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Once the toll system is in place, the city will realise that reduced traffic means reduced toll income and the exercise becomes to find the highest price people will pay without significantly reducing traffic Why do you presume New York can't do what every other jurisdiction that has deployed congestion pricing has?
- rwl4 3y agoNot 3%. The estimate is 17%. https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/transit/2023/11/30/congestion-pricing-toll-plan-unveiled https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/transit/2023/11/30/congestion-...
- PM_me_your_math 3y ago[dead]