NYC Congestion Pricing (2025)
A cordon toll that cut gridlock fast.
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1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Price scarce road space to cut congestion and fund transit.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics call it regressive and self-reported.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Year-one: zone delays -25%, Holland Tunnel -65%, express buses +24% faster, ~$500M revenue, crashes -14%.
4 · Liberty check
Prices a commons; weighs driver cost vs. citywide speed.
5 · The real tradeoff
A market mechanism that fit the lens and worked.
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