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NYC's Congestion Pricing Has Caused 'Quality-of-Life Improvement' in Just Six Months (www.commondreams.org)

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After six months, the policy of tolling drivers has reduced traffic and raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the city's transit system. But the Trump administration is still trying to shut it down.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I admit I was skeptical of this tax and now I do feel it works much better than I expected.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

That's pretty much the way it goes everywhere congestion pricing is implemented. Resistance right up until implementation, then people immediately see the benefit and love it. The fact is that less cars equaybetter cities