The article discusses the early impact of New York City's congestion-pricing toll program, highlighting a significant decrease in traffic and related injuries. In just 100 days since its implementation, complaints about car-honking fell by 70%, and there was a notable decline in vehicles entering lower Manhattan, with 6 million fewer cars reported compared to the same period last year. The Holland Tunnel experienced a 65% reduction in rush-hour delays, showing how congestion pricing is successfully reshaping urban mobility and safety, despite some enduring skepticism.
In those 100 days, 6 million fewer cars drove into lower Manhattan than had done so a year earlier.
The Holland Tunnel, at rush hour, has 65 percent fewer delays than it did before.
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