Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing
by AdamN on Friday June 28, 2024 @03:15AM
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The ease of the truck moving through the city with less traffic and easier parking would have more than made up for the toll cost. Same for taxis where the cost compared to the increased demand (since the taxi might actually be faster than it would be now in midtown during the day) also probably would have benefited taxis and their customers.
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Not true, you cannot simultaneously have lower congestion and higher demand for taxi. This is contradictory statement.
In the end not much will change, people who would have takes transit will end up takin transit, people who have to drive will drive, they just will pay additional tax.
> you cannot simultaneously have lower congestion and higher demand for taxi
How so? If a taxi used to take 20 minutes and $20 and now it takes 15 minutes and $18 the demand for that form of transport will go up.
If a driver is replaced by a cab passenger it is 1-to-1 replacement of personal vehicle with taxi, no impact on congestion.
If you see demand for cabs increasing + congestion pricing revenue of $1.5bln that means more traffic and more paying drivers
Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing
by KptMarchewa on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:53AM
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Of course you can have, if it's the non-taxi traffic that's decreasing.
Single drivers will be replaced by single taxi passengers, whats the diff?
Maybe less demand for daytime parking, but gridlock will be the same
Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing
by KptMarchewa on Monday July 01, 2024 @09:37AM
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No, because a lot of traffic is driving around looking for parking spot. Taxis don't have that problem.