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Evidence and data that supports tolls and congestion pricing. People respond positively to this, not negatively.
Highlights
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More people visited the Business Improvement Districts within Manhattan’s congestion relief zone in January than during the same month last year, dispelling some business owners’ fears that the toll would deter visitors to Manhattan’s core
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“People were concerned that fewer vehicles would mean fewer people visiting the zone, and that seems to not be the case at all,”
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Drivers are also experiencing faster commutes, mass transit ridership is up and fewer traffic crashes are occurring within the zone, compared to the same January weeks last year.
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Beginning on Jan. 5 and throughout the rest of the month, nearly 1.2 million fewer vehicles entered the congestion relief zone during the same time last year, according to Micahelson. “It tells me that, at the end of the day, this city depends a lot more on transit than on drivers,”