New York City Congestion Pricing

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About fucking time!

New York becomes the first U.S. city with a congestion charge despite opposition

Motorists entering Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods will have to pay up to $9 in congestion charges after the scheme went into effect Sunday morning.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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There’s a cool tracker someone made to see, in real time, how commutes have changed before and after today. They also have a comparison for overall commutes in Chicago and Boston to show specific impacts to NYC vs larger trends. Pretty cool!

Congestion Pricing Tracker | Benjamin and Joshua Moshes

This project is run by Joshua Moshes and Benjamin Moshes, under the supervision of Brown University Professor Emily Oster

www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com

 

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Wtf

Mad about congestion pricing? Maybe point lasers at the cameras, Queens lawmaker says

City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, a Republican who represents parts of northeast Queens, said a "high-powered green laser pointer" can damage camera sensors, like the ones used to collect the MTA's new tolls.

gothamist.com

 

[themissinglink]

There’s a cool tracker someone made to see, in real time, how commutes have changed before and after today. They also have a comparison for overall commutes in Chicago and Boston to show specific impacts to NYC vs larger trends. Pretty cool!

Congestion Pricing Tracker | Benjamin and Joshua Moshes

This project is run by Joshua Moshes and Benjamin Moshes, under the supervision of Brown University Professor Emily Oster

www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com

Transit advocates say congestion pricing behind shorter commute times • New Jersey Monitor

A tracker run by Brown University students says Monday's commute time was down compared the commuting times before congesting pricing started.

newjerseymonitor.com

An apparent drop in traffic heading into Manhattan on the first weekday day of congestion pricing has transit advocates cheering.

A tracker run by Brown University students showed a significant decline in average commute times for drivers taking the Holland and Lincoln tunnels Monday. While the average commute around 8 a.m. for drivers using the Holland Tunnel on a Monday was 23 minutes prior to congestion pricing, it plunged to 14 minutes at the same time Monday.

For drivers using the Lincoln Tunnel, the average commute was about nine minutes before Monday — and on Monday, it was five, according to the tracker.