NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in six months

Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by afavour on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:11PM (#46213999)

Tradesmen pass the charge onto their customers. Commuters already have to pay huge parking fees, by comparison the congestion charge is small change.

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Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by CGMthrowaway on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:19PM (#46214042)

> Tradesmen pass the charge onto their customers

You mean to say people without cars are paying the congestion tax? :P

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Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:34PM (#46214120)

Likely not. Reduced congestion decreases transit time which can easily pay for the conjestion charge.

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Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by lmm on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:40PM (#46214148)

The people who are hiring tradesmen are disproportionately the rich.

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Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by lesuorac on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:52AM (#46219162)

I mean it's funny to say but I think it should be pretty obvious to anybody that tradesmen are not the only people driving into NYC.

But yeah, customers pay the congestion tax for the tradesmen to drive just like they pay the tariff taxes on the supplies the tradesmen use.

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Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:22PM (#46214060)

Ya, definitely, I didn’t mean to imply otherwise.

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