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This mostly commuters and tradesmen. You aren’t going to get your tools on the train, snd you are driving into the city from white plains or somewhere similar.
by seanmcdirmid 11mo ago
This mostly commuters and tradesmen. You aren’t going to get your tools on the train, snd you are driving into the city from white plains or somewhere similar.
- smileysteve 11mo agoThe alternative is the tradesmen can now apply their trade for 30 minutes more each way rather than sit in traffic (probably better overall) That, and apparently they and their kids can breathe easier.
- afavour 11mo agoTradesmen pass the charge onto their customers. Commuters already have to pay huge parking fees, by comparison the congestion charge is small change.
- CGMthrowaway 11mo ago> Tradesmen pass the charge onto their customers You mean to say people without cars are paying the congestion tax? :P
- adgjlsfhk1 11mo agoLikely not. Reduced congestion decreases transit time which can easily pay for the conjestion charge.
- lmm 11mo agoThe people who are hiring tradesmen are disproportionately the rich.
- lesuorac 11mo agoI mean it's funny to say but I think it should be pretty obvious to anybody that tradesmen are not the only people driving into NYC. But yeah, customers pay the congestion tax for the tradesmen to drive just like they pay the tariff taxes on the supplies the tradesmen use.
- seanmcdirmid 11mo agoYa, definitely, I didn’t mean to imply otherwise.