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In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution

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473 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 10 Dec 25 15:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.246s | source
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bgirard ◴[10 Dec 25 15:49 UTC] No.46219128[source]▶
Not surprising. The real question is how do we measure the opportunity cost of these measures? Is it a net gain? You could, at the extreme, ban all motor vehicles but the opportunity cost would outweigh the benefits.
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1. eli_gottlieb ◴[10 Dec 25 16:02 UTC] No.46219335[source]▶
It's called congestion pricing because you can measure the opportunity cost.