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NYC's Congestion Pricing Has Caused 'Quality-of-Life Improvement' in Just Six Months
(www.commondreams.org)
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025
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So poor people pay an even more disproportionate amount of their income to use a car, for many of whom it is a necessity. The rich get less traffic, the poor just have to take whatever crumbs they can afford.
The $9 congestion toll is nothing compared to the cost of parking in Manhattan. Gothamist, and other media outlets, did the legwork on this: The congestion toll applies to approximately zero poor people; they're not driving into the city. But tens of thousands of lower-income people benefit from improved bus service, subway upgrades, and less danger.
I'm lower middle class and would like to take my family to visit NYC someday. It just got more expensive for us.
By what percent? And, why would even want to take a car into lower Manhattan?
I'd want to drive to my hotel or Airbnb and walk everywhere once I got there. We're usually traveling with 6 people.