The Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has terminated New York City's congestion charge aimed at reducing car traffic below 60th Street. Duffy argued that the charge was unfair as it imposed costs on drivers despite existing bridge tolls and lacked viable transport alternatives. He claimed that the charge discriminated against lower-income individuals, suggesting it favored an elite few. The article discusses the common backlash against such programs while highlighting their potential benefits demonstrated in other cities, and the positive impact on air quality and urban living, a point often overlooked by critics.
Congestion pricing has often proved unpopular before implementation, even in cities less poisoned by car-brained policymakers, such as Stockholm and Singapore. Business owners fear a loss of customers from the removal of cars and parking, despite plenty of evidence that disproves this shibboleth.
The toll program leaves drivers without any free highway alternative and instead takes more money from working people to pay for a transit system and not highways. It's backwards and unfair.
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