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

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472 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 10 Dec 25 15:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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nalnq[dead post] ◴[10 Dec 25 15:42 UTC] No.46218992[source]▶

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rtkwe ◴[10 Dec 25 15:50 UTC] No.46219145[source]▶

The question becomes how critical is X and is there a close alternative. In this case I'd say for 95% of people yes driving is easily substituted by NYC's public transit options.

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theurerjohn3 ◴[10 Dec 25 16:02 UTC] No.46219348[source]▶

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Im not sure this fits, they saw a much larger drop (18%) in heavy duty trucks entering the city, and a smaller drop (9%) in passenger cars. I am not sure the public transit options are close alternatives for heavy duty trucks.

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1. tart-lemonade ◴[10 Dec 25 16:30 UTC] No.46219789[source]▶

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I suspect that this is due to the elimination of toll shopping/avoidance. Per [0] and [1], the only way to avoid a toll entirely is to drive from the West Side Highway or FDR Drive to the Brooklyn Bridge, but commercial vehicles are prohibited on FDR Drive and the Brooklyn Bridge has weight restrictions [2], so heavy trucks don't have a legal way to dodge the tolls anymore.

If you need to reach Long Island, the incentive to avoid the (tolled) Throgs Neck, Whitestone, Verrazzano, and RFK bridges are gone; now you're paying for the privilege of sitting in Manhattan traffic.

[0]: https://congestionreliefzone.mta.info/faqs

[1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-congestion-pricing-...

[2]: https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/parkway-restricti...

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