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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: 0.779s | 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. hamdingers ◴[10 Dec 25 16:44 UTC] No.46219981[source]▶
Dynamic pricing based on congestion would solve this. It would also almost certainly result in higher costs for drivers though.