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The ease of the truck moving through the city with less traffic and easier parking would have more than made up for the toll cost. Same for taxis where the cos
by AdamN 2y ago
The ease of the truck moving through the city with less traffic and easier parking would have more than made up for the toll cost. Same for taxis where the cost compared to the increased demand (since the taxi might actually be faster than it would be now in midtown during the day) also probably would have benefited taxis and their customers.
- slt2021 2y agoNot true, you cannot simultaneously have lower congestion and higher demand for taxi. This is contradictory statement. In the end not much will change, people who would have takes transit will end up takin transit, people who have to drive will drive, they just will pay additional tax.
- AdamN 2y ago> you cannot simultaneously have lower congestion and higher demand for taxi How so? If a taxi used to take 20 minutes and $20 and now it takes 15 minutes and $18 the demand for that form of transport will go up.
- slt2021 2y agoIf a driver is replaced by a cab passenger it is 1-to-1 replacement of personal vehicle with taxi, no impact on congestion. If you see demand for cabs increasing + congestion pricing revenue of $1.5bln that means more traffic and more paying drivers
- KptMarchewa 2y agoOf course you can have, if it's the non-taxi traffic that's decreasing.
- slt2021 2y agoSingle drivers will be replaced by single taxi passengers, whats the diff? Maybe less demand for daytime parking, but gridlock will be the same
- KptMarchewa 2y agoNo, because a lot of traffic is driving around looking for parking spot. Taxis don't have that problem.