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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, @02:42AM (1 child)
not so. many regular people have cars. more in staten island, brooklyn, queens, and the bronx than manhattan, but even there you don't have to be rich to own a car. in manhattan, though, you need a designated parking spot in a garage (well, from the upper east and west sides down). north of central park and in the other boroughs you can get by moving your car once or twice a week for alternate side parking; it's just really annoying.
even lower income people can afford cars. they often don't have student loans and live in rent-controlled apartments, so they can swing a car payment.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @03:13AM
in manhattan, though, you need a designated parking spot in a garage (well, from the upper east and west sides down).
At rates that range from $800-2500/month. That's rent money (and not car parking space rent) most places.
And anyone who owns a car in NYC knows that taking the car to the area in question (unless you're disabled) is a far inferior solution to using public transportation.
Stay in Brooklyn, Phoenix. Nobody wants you in Manhattan anyway. In fact, you're the reason I moved out of Carroll Gardens.