Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success

Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by lurk2 on Friday June 20, 2025 @02:35PM (#44330590)

> Everyone who can now safely walk to the shop (who couldn't / wouldn't before for multiple reasons) starts walking there. There are a lot more people who can now safely walk to and patronize the shop, and they do.

You’re hypothesizing that people are purposefully avoiding these streets because they have cars driving on them?

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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by sensanaty on Friday June 20, 2025 @04:00PM (#44331479)

Yes? Cars are loud, they smell, take up a tremendous amount of space & are gigantic metal boxes that can cause serious injuries even at low speeds.

In Amsterdam there's been countless examples of this exact thing. Businesses booming after they rip out parking and make roads forbidden for cars, and I can anecdotally say I also love whenever they rip out parking near me in the Netherlands.

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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by lurk2 on Friday June 20, 2025 @09:18PM (#44333710)

> In Amsterdam there's been countless examples of this exact thing.

Anything by way of peer reviewed empirical evidence?

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