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The cost is fine, but is it creating an incentive for drivers to stay longer because if they go in and out they are double charged?
by dumbfounder 3y ago
The cost is fine, but is it creating an incentive for drivers to stay longer because if they go in and out they are double charged?
- pquki4 3y agoI assume this is aimed at commuters who drive into the city and almost always enter and exit the city exactly once a day.
- galdosdi 3y agoWe're talking about lower Manhattan, so in practice if they stay longer then they have to deal with alternate side parking or pay for garage parking. Or, what the hell, I don't live there anymore, so I'll give away my secret awesome free parking spot: under the Williamsburg Bridge east of Clinton St.
- supertrope 3y agoWhich works to the advantage of the city. They want to you stop to work your job (income tax), buy stuff (sales tax), participate on foot (low pollution). Not drive through (consumes tax dollars on roads, high pollution). In the long term if you move closer or change your commute mode they win too.
- dumbfounder 3y agoI am thinking more about Uber drivers I guess, who won’t be able to enter and exit all day. So they may be just sticking around the city, causing traffic.
- jrochkind1 3y agoYou are only charged max once per day under the plan.