«With the continuing costs of doing business in New York,
the effect of congestion pricing is great.
Not exact matches
While HQ2 could produce negative
effects, including increased traffic
congestion and housing
prices, on the chosen city, dozens
of cities have clamored for Amazon's attention.
Since a fare hike on March 1st — in the midst
of the
Congestion Pricing blitz — wasn't enough to get it to pass, I'd be curious to see the
effect of one now.
But other pieces
of the governor's budget would also have a big
effect on the city — namely his
congestion pricing proposal to toll cars entering Manhattan's central businesss district.
Once
congestion pricing went into
effect, London saw a
congestion reduction
of 25 percent, with average speeds increasing by 30 percent.
Finally, low gasoline
prices also have short - term
effects in the form
of more driving and fuel use by the existing fleet
of motor vehicles, which is bad news in terms
of emissions (and
congestion).
A dynamic real - time
congestion pricing could be implemented covering all city streets, eliminating undesirable edge
effects created by a cordon, charging based on actual
congestion, increasing public perception
of system fairness (charges based on real
congestion, not arbitrary geography)