MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan

Re:MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Man... by John23832 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:03AM (#39850774)

And the collected tax on gas and a vehicle do not pay for the externalities of that gas and that vehicle in NYC. So we levy and additional tax/fee for that. I'm not sure why that's hard to understand.

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Re:MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Man... by IAmGraydon on Thursday March 28, 2024 @11:31PM (#39860397)

I don't think this has as much to do with "paying for externalities" as it does with simply reducing demand by increasing price and netting some extra money for infrastructure as a side effect. Indeed, a large amount of the money is going to subway improvements.

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Re:MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Man... by John23832 on Sunday March 31, 2024 @08:30AM (#39883662)

Excess demand that degrades service (traffic) is an externality.

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