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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-nyc-congestion-pricing-air-pollution.html “In the first six months of the program, air pollution—in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller—dropped by 22%” #NYC #PublicHealth #CleanAir #CongestionPricing #WarOnCars
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-nyc-congestion-pricing-air-pollution.html “In the first six months of the program, air pollution—in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller—dropped by 22%” #NYC #PublicHealth #CleanAir #CongestionPricing #WarOnCars
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/new-york-congestion-pricing-pollution
#HackerNews #CongestionPricing #PollutionReduction #NYC #Environment #UrbanMobility #CleanAir
I've said it before and I'll say it again: #CongestionPricing is too little, too late. It's even worse since Hochul watered down the fees.
But pedestrianizing huge portions of Manhattan? Now *that* is the shit!
https://www.fastcompany.com/91436737/how-mamdani-could-push-a-bold-redesign-of-new-yorks-streets
The Money Speaks:
"New York’s #CongestionPricing plan raised $48.6 million in tolls during its first month, a strong start for the program that exceeded expectations and kept it on track to raise billions of dollars for the region’s decaying mass transit system."
"The Trump administration has ordered New York City to end its #CongestionPricing program by 21 March.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which is responsible for public transportation in the #NewYorkCity metropolitan area, and a New York bridge authority have filed suit to block the administration’s action."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/trump-nyc-congestion-pricing
"In its lawsuit, the #MTA asserts that Duffy does not have the right to revoke the agreement. It also says that he must conduct the same degree of environmental review to kill the program that the first Trump administration required when the program was originally proposed."
The Money Speaks:
"New York’s #CongestionPricing plan raised $48.6 million in tolls during its first month, a strong start for the program that exceeded expectations and kept it on track to raise billions of dollars for the region’s decaying mass transit system."
