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Six months into con­gestion pricing, more cars are off the road, report says (ny1.com)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's a common misconception about congestion price in NY. The poor wasn't driving to Manhattan in the first place, they represented only 2%, and the money generated by congestion pricing will be reinvested back into public transport.

Climate Town did a great video on this subject, with more details if you are interested:

New York Declares War On Traffic (A Congestion Pricing Story) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DEFBn0r53uQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFBn0r53uQ

What's really bad for the poor is car centric design, where you are forced to have a car and spend, on average, $12k annually to maintain it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The poor wasn't driving to Manhattan in the first place, they represented only 2%,

Under $1m in NYC is poor. But I should have been more explicit. This is a tax on the masses, not the elite.