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It's crazy to think how much taxi medallions were worth 10-15 years ago. Ride Share apps hurt, and this will do more harm to that industry. I only hope the money collected is used constructively.
The rise of the ride share industry in the city (Uber, Lyft, etc...!) was the customer's response to the conduct of the cabbies (meter-running, selective rides, smelly cars, discriminatory pickups/non-pickups).
The cabbies have no one to blame but themselves.
As for CP, as always said.....what is the necessity of driving in Manhattan, a borough more harder to drive in, than ever?
Nothing wrong with congestion pricing. This is a new policy in America that should have been here years ago. It only sounds bad cause people are so used to policies before they were backwards
1. I don't want to hear another effing word about how MTA is broke and needs to raise or have yet another tax created just for them.
2. Costs for goods and services in Manhattan if not entire NYC will rise as businesses or whoever simply build this "congestion pricing" fee into their CODB.
Every freaking thing that is sold in Manhattan comes in by truck or some other motor vehicle. Ditto various services ranging from laundry (commercial and residential) down to Amazon and all in between.
3. WFH is going to take off as people from NJ, LI, CT and Westchester who normally drove into work don't want to pay the effing fee.
4. Wildcard will be what NJ decides to do in retaliation for their drivers being penalized for coming into NYC.
The bridges and tunnels are under a bi-state agency (Port Authority) which would likely put a limit or downright kill proposals such as hike in tolls for non NJ residents. NJ could jack up tolls on GSP and NJT for non residents I suppose.
5. Other wildcard will be where traffic goes to avoid paying fee.
If fee is charged just to come into Manhattan from any of the East or North river crossings (say into city via Lincoln to Canal street then onto Brooklyn or Williamsburg bridges) or vice versa will drivers do what they always have done; find a route that does not require paying toll.
NJ has the opportunity to expand transit in the Essex, union and Bergen counties. For a place that dense they need an expansion for the light rail and PATH line.
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