Coming soon to a city near you? Glad I'm not in NYC.
^^This!!^^As if there weren't already enough reasons to avoid that place.
Pretty sure the streets in NYC were already paid for by the taxpayers there. Now they want them to pay to use the streets that they paid for already.Economists have long advocated for varied tolls, based on traffic or use patterns, to allocate a limited resource. It incentivizes those with low priority needs not to use the resources frivolously.
I thought INGO was all about users paying for the resources they used, at least that seemed the majority take when bicycles are on the road...
Can we post a link to the actual article? I think those MSN links are just tracking links based on the original article.Coming soon to a city near you? Glad I'm not in NYC.
NYC congestion pricing plan passes final vote, will bring $15 tolls for some drivers
Found it.Can we post a link to the actual article?
It was from CBS. Here is a link to several articles (from CBS).Can we post a link to the actual article? I think those MSN links are just tracking links based on the original article.
There are other issues noted in the article, namely that NJ residents are part of the issue of congestion in the area. And the issue in not paying for the roads but rather trying to allocate the scarce resources in a way they can actually function.Pretty sure the streets in NYC were already paid for by the taxpayers there. Now they want them to pay to use the streets that they paid for already.
It's a money grabThere are other issues noted in the article, namely that NJ residents are part of the issue of congestion in the area. And the issue in not paying for the roads but rather trying to allocate the scarce resources in a way they can actually function.
Probably is, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t an effective strategy to reduce congestion.It's a money grab