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New York approves the first congestion toll in the US: $15 to enter Manhattan
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I live around this mess and I have mixed feelings about congestion pricing. I am for a congestion pricing scheme but the revenue should be shared among all transit agencies that travel in and out of NYC. Who the hell wants to travel into the city when PATH trains only come every 15-20 off peak and weekend hours? Why not beef up transit routes FIRST, and then implement the pricing?
The concept is a good idea. The execution is short sided and insular and I don’t see the MTA benefiting from any of this for at least a decade. That’s IF this money actually goes towards public transportation infrastructure.
I see this going the way of the mandatory 911 fee we all pay and then having almost none of that money going towards 911 service.
Are you saying every 15 minutes is too infrequent for off peak? Because that seems pretty frequent to me.
We're still paying the price for Robert Moses's hatred of mass transit options. My personal opinion is that they should merge NY, NJ, and Connecticut systems
Well, how long should the sides be in your opinion?
This will create the demand that the market needs to act, it's just how the system works. There is no incentive to spend money until there is demand there to take up the additional space.