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To: GenXPolymath
Just a question - how much money are you losing with the end of "congestion" pricing in New York City? It sounds like you made a bad bet, maybe on real estate in New York City or in a company that thought congestion pricing would give them a competitive advantage.

If we wanted to be British and charge people for driving on streets like they started in London, we'd be British. We're not.

62 posted on 02/20/2025 7:42:36 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Loosing money? Not at all. I go to NYC on the regular and the $4 ish per UBER ride is worth the now much less traffic. Same for a hail totally worth it. Every major city should toll the roads and set those to congestion charges too the difference is night and day.

DFW and Houston both have toll lanes that change prices based on traffic levels, lanes built with tax money at that. The Katy freeway lanes can be $12 or more one way at peak times then set the prices to have the flow at 55 mph when it slows the prices go up.

NYC should just refuse fed money for streets by doing so they are no longer behoven to the feds. In reality the feds should not be funding roads at all. Limited government remember that “conservatives” the feds have 8 jobs and roads,healthcare,welfare are all not in that list.


68 posted on 02/20/2025 7:56:36 AM PST by GenXPolymath
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