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Make it bill employers rather than employees so they don't all thrash the transit infrastructure at the same time. That would be a miracle.
by mjevans 2y ago
Make it bill employers rather than employees so they don't all thrash the transit infrastructure at the same time. That would be a miracle.
- trollbridge 2y agoGenerally speaking, employers aren’t even allowed to pay employee commuting expenses (other than via taxable wages) in America. The exceptions are providing parking and special spending accounts to buy a bus/subway/train pass.
- mjevans 2y agoYou've misunderstood. This fee is a Tax no matter whom it's applied to. Business DO pay taxes on their workers of various sorts.
- bobthepanda 2y agoSeattle does this via the Washington Growth Management Act and it works okay.
- advisedwang 2y agoThe whole point is to change behaviour, not raise revenue (although that's obviously something city leaders look at with glee too). If you shift the cost away from the people making the decision, it's not going to change behaviour. Congestion pricing explicitly wants to move people to transit infrastructure. More people using buses allows buses to be more frequent which is more convenient, reduces transfer times, and reduces the impact of outlier slow buses. My understanding is that the NY Subway is near it's trains/hour capacity otherwise the subway would also be able to benefit (although with subways the reliability thing goes in reverse because a stuck train blocks others vs a stuck bus being saved by other buses).
- EasyMark 2y agoI think it's generally "let God sort out the poors", these types of policies tend to be a carve out for upper middle class and higher. I don't think they care about public transit or there would be a better plan than just "raise prices until we break the poor"