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I feel like we need better solutions for poor people than resisting congestion pricing. The problem with congestion is that zero people get to use congestion-fr
by tshaddox 2y ago
I feel like we need better solutions for poor people than resisting congestion pricing. The problem with congestion is that zero people get to use congestion-free roads (including all the poor people who have little choice but to use the congested roads).
It’s analogous to a movie theater that is free to enter, but with no capacity limits, so zero people have a good movie viewing experience. When you start charging for tickets, and only sell one ticket per seat, it’s true that the poorest people may get priced out. But I do still recommend that movie theaters sell tickets and limit capacity to prevent congestion.
- amluto 2y agoLike this? https://www.nyc.gov/site/fairfares/index.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/fairfares/index.page I could even imagine a more program that allows a certain number of free rides per day.