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New York Gets Serious About Traffic with the First Citywide US Congestion Pricing Plan

posted by martyb on Tuesday April 02 2019, @09:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-possible-misuse-of-the-data dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Phys.org:

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?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:17PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:17PM (#824126)

    that can get you pretty much anywhere you want within the 4-6 square mile area covered by congestion pricing. Given that NYC is ~302 square miles in area [wikipedia.org], this is not a huge deal.

    Today it is proposed as 4-6 square miles. Tomorrow?

    this is not a huge deal.

    I don't know if the proposal has provisions for disabled persons? If it does, cool. Otherwise try maneuvering 2 miles in an unpowered wheelchair or on crutches, then reevaluate how huge a deal it is.

    Don't like it? Don't come to NYC. You won't be missed.

    Never planned to before. Don't plan to now. Don't want the area I live in to be contaminated with stupid ideas from elsewhere in the US, either. (And it's differences like this which will stoke the fires of the civil war to come....)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:38PM (#824137)

    Never planned to before. Don't plan to now. Don't want the area I live in to be contaminated with stupid ideas from elsewhere in the US, either. (And it's differences like this which will stoke the fires of the civil war to come....)

    Good. We don't need or want you in NYC anyway. We already have enough morons and don't need any more.

    Go ahead and cower like a frightened child in your bunker/cave waiting for the civil war. Assuming you're still alive, someone will let you know when it's safe to come out. The rest of won't miss you.