The climate benefits of NYC’s hard-won congestion pricing plan Driving into lower Manhattan is now more expensive, but the toll promises cleaner air, safer streets, and improved subways.

While a toll may have initially been unpopular, congestion pricing, by reducing delays and travel times, has benefits to offer even for drivers. In 2022, the average Big Apple driver spent 117 ...

Commute times through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, including the last three miles of the Long Island Expressway, are down 22%.

Every new report on New York City’s congestion pricing program seems to tell the same story: It’s working. And the latest ...

Congestion Relief Zone signage on Second Avenue as congestion pricing takes effect on January 5, 2025 in New York City. NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx/AP “We desperately need greater investment in public transit.

Proponents of New York’s congestion pricing plan, which would have taken effect June 30, have argued it would ease traffic by 17 percent, reduce particulate pollution and greenhouse gas ...

To sell congestion pricing in a major Canadian city, the benefits to drivers would need to be clearly communicated, Wallace said. People would have to be convinced that alternatives, such as widening ...

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Gov. Kathy Hochul is pointing out possible benefits of congestion pricing to suburban commuters, an influential voting bloc that could ...

When New York City implemented congestion pricing in January after years of development and delay, critics feared the program would be a death knell for business owners — costing the city more in the ...

It’s way too soon to measure how congestion pricing is faring in New York, either in terms of its popularity or effects on transportation in the region. Commute times have reportedly been ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The climate benefits of NYC’s hard-won congestion pricing plan on Jan 10, 2025. Advertisement About Our Ads ...