The first month of New York's congestion pricing has yielded measurable effects on traffic, evident in reduced gridlock and changing public perceptions, chronicled by the Congestion Pricing Tracker. Created by brothers Benjamin and Joshua Moshes, the website employs commute data to visualize alterations in drive times across various city routes. Inspired by Benjamin's econometrics work and subsequent recommendations from his adviser, the duo has utilized Google Maps data to create detailed line graphs highlighting the impact of the pricing system on travel in Manhattan and its surrounding areas.
For more detailed analysis, the Times and other publications have turned to the Congestion Pricing Tracker, a Web site that collects data on commute times and displays them in a series of before-and-after line graphs.
Their project was inspired by Benjamin's study of taxi-fare data for an econometrics competition held at the University of Chicago. Back at school, his thesis adviser, the economist Emily Oster, suggested that he look into the upcoming congestion-pricing program.
The brothers sometimes visit Brooklyn and Staten Island to see family. 'But they usually don't drive into Manhattan, so they don't have really strong feelings,' Benjamin added.
With his brother's help, Benjamin began pulling drive-time estimates for nineteen different city routes from Google Maps, resulting in a comprehensive overview of traffic changes.
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