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

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473 points Brajeshwar | 7 comments | 10 Dec 25 15:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.846s | source | bottom
1. xvilka ◴[10 Dec 25 17:10 UTC] No.46220360[source]▶
They should make pedestrian-only streets in most dense places of Manhattan and use these money to improve public transportation. Even just a few blocks of no cars would make a huge difference for livability of the city center.
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2. mritterhoff ◴[10 Dec 25 17:21 UTC] No.46220510[source]▶
Big agree. Times Square would be a great place to start.
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3. Maximus9000 ◴[10 Dec 25 18:08 UTC] No.46221161[source]▶
Isn't times square already pedestrian?

https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/19/15358234/times-square-snohet...

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5. stemlord ◴[10 Dec 25 18:40 UTC] No.46221636[source]▶
This is already underway
6. mritterhoff ◴[10 Dec 25 18:43 UTC] No.46221689{3}[source]▶
A small section of it is.

> “Bowtie” bounded by Broadway and Seventh Avenue between 42nd and 47th Streets.

7. cguess ◴[10 Dec 25 22:26 UTC] No.46224811[source]▶
There's a large (long time) movement to do this to lower Manhattan, the most public transit connected area in the US (probably North America, definitely up there in the world). It's getting pick up again.