Regressive tax keeps the poor out of area with their older vehicles that pollute more than people who can afford to pay a $9 fee per day. News at 11.
NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in six months
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#24I live in Europe so it's still very much considered pedestrian-friendly, but cars and roads scale so bad. Especially with population density going through the roof in bigger cities.
I wonder how it's going to look like in 50 years.
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> sheer number of disingenuous objections This is unfair. Nobody wants to pay more for anything. And many of the objections resulted in policy adjustments that made the programme better.
I didn’t say every objection was disingenuous, just that there was an incredible number of objections that were.
I'm sure you're being honest about your intent, but a glancing read of your previous comment sounded categorical, to my ear at least, "And they've all been proven false."
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#28The fact that tolls are now directly useful to the entire public must not be underappreciated. This is good news for everyone.
They better be. No one’s rooting for the smog, but a congestion tax is pretty regressive (hurts poorer people more)
Well, Mamdani wants to make transit free. Car taxes can probably help a lot to pay for that.
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#29The fact that tolls are now directly useful to the entire public must not be underappreciated. This is good news for everyone.
They better be. No one’s rooting for the smog, but a congestion tax is pretty regressive (hurts poorer people more)
I actually doubt it's very regressive in NYC. Also, you're still only counting the price and not the cost. The benefits are likely tilted towards the poorest residents who absorb the most costs of congestion in terms of both pollution and road safety. That's just an educated guess but it's very plausible.
Re: NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in six months
#30The fact that tolls are now directly useful to the entire public must not be underappreciated. This is good news for everyone.
They better be. No one’s rooting for the smog, but a congestion tax is pretty regressive (hurts poorer people more)
Poor people are forced by circumstance to live in the busiest areas so they will get the biggest health benefits and many do not own cars and often do not even own a car space, so I would beg to differ.
You can also offset the regressive nature of this taxation (if any) by putting the revenue into subsidizing public infrastructure like rail and bus.