Those upgrades will reduce waiting times and onboard delays — and the precious time subway passengers lose as a result.
Why, then, do many people seem anxious about, if not downright opposed to, congestion pricing?
Many people don’t believe that the revenues — the $1 billion a year from drivers — will actually improve mass transit services.
People are also unconvinced that congestion pricing will, in fact, cut congestion.
Why should congestion pricing succeed where a century of other remedies — like widening roads to only then narrow them again — has failed?
Persons:
Covid, —
Organizations:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Locations:
Manhattan, United States