Your friend’s frustration is understandable, but calling congestion pricing a scam ignores the actual problem it's solving: too many cars in a dense area where

Your friend’s frustration is understandable, but calling congestion pricing a scam ignores the actual problem it's solving: too many cars in a dense area where most people don’t drive. Blaming Uber/Lyft is a distraction. Congestion existed long before it, and they’re being regulated too. As for the Queens-to-Bronx example, it’s a fair critique of the transit network, but it’s not even relevant to the congestion zone. Congestion pricing targets the lower core of Manhattan, not cross-borough driving. If anything, the funds raised could eventually help fix exactly those kinds of transit gaps. For background: I live in Brooklyn and work in Downtown Manhattan (in congestion zone). I take the subway. I used to own a car but sold it over 10 years ago because the public transportation made it obsolete. I don't bike.