NYC's Congestion Pricing

[@CircleDeCinco]

They should just make it illegal to go into Manhattan if you make under $500K yearly! Sounds fair right?

[@Straighteedge]

😂😂😂 love this comment. Best one

[@douglascaraballo6283]

Traffic is going to be buck wild from 61st street and up.

[@salsamir4225]

Congestion price it will be a toll price for the people coming out from Manhattan to Queens and Long Island because a lot of people use 59th Bridge and the cameras are on 60 St before turn into the bridge. So this is a toll for use that bridge.

[@lyssandreemmanuel1642]

The city of London, years later, has not necessarily benefitted from this.

[@salsamir4225]

MTA is a wasted system! The oldest in the country and the worst in the country

[@tta850]

Create congestion… then tax your constituents for it, NYC engineering a new tax. Also there hasn’t been efficient mass transit in NYC pretty much ever, the MTA is just an ATM for its execs (trans are unsafe and busses slow), I highly doubt this will fix it other than put another billion $$$ into the pockets of MTA execs. Guess more people will just hide their plates or move out of NYC… I’m doing both 🤣

[@joshuamuhammad7293]

You pay taxes for these streets in nyc , nyc has a nyc tax....... garbage

[@eurofam7475]

I think everything is fine the way how it is. This is just a cash grab out of you guys.

[@dionhayes5573]

this is ridiculous the MTA is a money pit - they are already making millions a dollars a day - with tolls and the train system. This is an absolute disgrace

[@Clue4488_]

No offense, but having a pedestrian system and bike lanes in lower Manhattan is so stupid. There are so many ppl that need to drive. For them to be paying more for bridges and tunnel, now an additional fee, when salaries aren't increasing, is a joke! These politicians and officials don't care about the residents. They misappropriate our funds and we still have dirty trains, late trains, etc (but bonuses are still paid out at the higher levels of the MTA). I'm born and raised in NYC and have a pretty good job and I don't see how this is beneficial.

[@bruhbutwhytho]

Having sidewalks and bike lanes is more efficient than car lanes.

[@Clue4488_]

U folks replying obviously aren’t from New York and that’s why ur opinions are moot! Stop replying with no experience!!! Residents going into work never had an issue walking in NYC. We have issues with dumb tourists holding us up. I’ve worked in NY for over 10 years and foot congestion is not an issue. F the cyclist, even tho there are couriers, but they know how to ride in the city and tourists need to not ride bikes in NYC. Tourists aren’t swift enough to be in a big city and on a bike. They can barely walk straight.

[@bruhbutwhytho]

@@Clue4488_ biking has way more potential than cars for moving people around in dense areas. Also the only reason New Yorkers don’t have problems walking is because of the sidewalks that you want to get rid of.

[@Clue4488_]

@@bruhbutwhytho Do you live in NY? I understand the theory behind what they are saying, but if you don't live here you won't understand. MTA still run late, trains and stations are dirty. Buses are ok, but they still suck and agreed that more bus lanes will help. But more bike lanes doesn't mean anything here. We are annoyed with cyclists. Our city has been fine without all of this. Moving above ground in the city takes even longer these days due to all the pedestrian lanes. If you want to get around in the city the best way to travel is the subway. We aren't going to magically be a city that is full of cyclists either. So catering to that doesn't make sense to most RESIDENTS! Key work being resident. U DON'T UNDERSTAND!!! When was the last time you traveled in NYC?

[@bruhbutwhytho]

@@Clue4488_ I don’t have to live in nyc, this concept can literally be applied to every dense city. The subway in nyc is the best in the US and the problems you listed could all be fixed fairly easily. There are other countries with large amounts of cyclist, NY could be more like them if they made more protected bike lanes. NYC should be like that too, especially since in lower/midtown Manhattan there are large amounts of people dying to get into a small area all at once, they best way to deal with that is the subway/walking. After that it’s busses/ bikes which hold a lot of people but can’t move people as effectively as subways and take up more space to be stored. The worst though is cars, it’s impractical for each commuter to also have two tons of metal and plastic to go anywhere, discouraging cars and encouraging other modes of transportation is the best go

[@mvl9591]

Mass transit was never expanded to the west. Buses and the PATH train. Some Amtrak trains. Not nearly enough. The L and 7 subways should be extended to New Jersey but that won’t happen because of politics.

[@ShreddingFinn]

I guess this is what they mean by "we will only tax the rich". The guy making $27 an hour driving in barely making his mortgage, whats another few hundred bucks a month!??

[@Justjeff-t4z]

More tax more more tax , protest that

[@DELLRS2012]

I hate the ignorant blanket comparisons between us and European nations. Apples and oranges. Finding is different, city designs are different, and European countries are not dealing with different local municipalities and state governments that prevent the integrated transportation system that NYC and surrounding suburbs need. Also the original motivation for this tax was to bridge the MTA budget deficit. Services will be maintained but not necessarily expanded. I’m in support of MTA and public transit in general, but the rollout of this is not great. They did not do any research to quantify potential loses in sales tax or business revenue or inflationary effects of this. The potential revenue from this tax is not enough to bridge the deficit and does not solve a lot of the current transit issues. The situation just comes across as very messy.

[@artvandelay5385]

How about the MTA start collecting their bus and trains fares first

[@ryanuncensored]

Ban cars in cities!

[@Solrac1424]

Sure, you'll eat mud

[@lunabird89]

Ban liberal rioters from chaos

[@rashidamuhammad4678]

Just pure lies

[@Dope_Spartan27]

It would be in Nazi York.

[@renbukancho]

NJT old navies will take you, and pricing for higher salaries to the outfit

[@bennisim7949]

Interesting how she is assuming that extra money will actually benefit the transit riders and not be wasted instead.

[@artvandelay5385]

How about reversing all the vision zero nonsense that de Blasio brought here which is creating so much congestion

[@AbslutZr]

“Pay a fine, no a fee”. He said it right the first time.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

i have 9 accords with roommates 64 accord with moom and three accords with the hoa and four chores no one will bother me until next july......................................

[@apap1586]

Vote Democrat get more taxes.. this is the stupidest thing I ever seen; to pay tolls to drive on a local Street in your own City. Last time a republican was in charge double transit fares were eliminated and the ferry became free.. who's better?

[@WilliamBilly-i6q]

Congestion price was first introduced by NY Republicans. Dems stopped it. Progressives brought it back.

[@cetcivic5019]

This is just another tax on working class people. There should be other ways to get your plans accomplished without adding a financial burden on the working class.

[@Tkdanso]

I know rent are already high enough. These people are heartless

[@edrod7257]

You have transit in this area. Called manhattan but nowhere else Everywhere else is spotty. You got suck. You guys are ruining new york

[@Bart-dg6qv]

Haha ha haha... this stupid idea, like all other taxation insanities will create more poor people. Guess funny faces will meet them, sooner or later, desperate hungry people. Then we'll see who's laughing.

[@lamars2486]

😂😂😂 yeah, remove car lanes for bike lanes, pack those cars tighter, in 20 years the population growth is "zero" right??? 😂😂 more ubers, taller high rise ... only in NYC built systems, not maintained, the "skimming" of funds and crooks.

[@PecanPie1102]

More money for Graf and Corruption. Pipe dreams the Mta will raise their paychecks by 2 billion and give more lush pension benefits till 99 years old after only 20 years on job. Food and goods prices rise as a higher cost of doing business. Born and bred New Yorker. $18 a tolls help any $18a day for 360 days a year.$6400 for the GWB, and other bridges. Streets, school, gov are a joke

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