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After years of debate, New York state has adopted congestion pricing to deal with traffic problems in New York City. Starting in 2021, fees will be imposed on all vehicles entering a pricing zone that covers lower Manhattan, from 60th Street at the southern edge of Central Park to the southernmost tip of the island.
This approach has succeeded in cities including London, Singapore and Stockholm. For scholars like me who focus on urban issues, New York's decision is welcome news. Properly used, congestion pricing can make crowded cities safer, cleaner and easier for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to navigate.
The details matter, including the size and timing of charges and the area that they cover. Congestion charges also raises equity issues, since rich people are best able to move closer to work or change their schedules to avoid the steepest costs.
Are congestion pricing plans the wave of the future in American cities?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 03 2019, @02:54AM (2 children)
hmm, i see the flaw in your plan: new yorkers already avoid jersey like the plague.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday April 03 2019, @11:07PM (1 child)
First of all, it is not my plan. Having said that, any plan that would keep New Yorkers confined to their island is fine with me. I trust Pennsylvania will provide the second line of defense against both.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday April 04 2019, @12:53AM
yeah, man, ok. but i am chortling at the suggestion that new yorkers want to go to jersey. they don't. the only reason they step foot there is because it is in the way of getting to everything else. as it is, we make it a rule to never get off the highway until we hit the Pennsylvania border.
Washington DC delenda est.