KOMANOFF: What I Learned Outside a Chinatown Restaurant
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Only two of 37 restaurant customers arrived by car. And one was in a cab.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about congestion pricing
Straw Men: The Fight Over Congestion Pricing Comes Down to Just 5,200 NYC Drivers
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A minuscule number of New York City residents commute by car to the tolling zone of Manhattan from homes that are more than one-half mile from high-speed public transit.
KOMANOFF: Downtown Candidate Who Should Know Better Opposes Congestion Pricing
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Council candidate Susan Lee seemed to get congestion pricing when we conferred two years ago. No longer.
Friday’s Headlines: Good News About MTA Debt Edition
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The MTA's big debt problem may be getting a little smaller — thanks in part to congestion pricing, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Friday. Plus other news.
Get a Load of the Congestion Pricing Exemptions that Some People Want
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Many opponents of congestion pricing offered their select group that is worthy of an exemption from the toll. Here is the full list, annotated by Streetsblog.
MTA Will Offer Congestion Pricing Discounts For Low-Income ‘Frequent Drivers’
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Only about 14 percent of car commuters into Manhattan below 60th Street have incomes that meet the discount threshold vs. 79 percent of lower-income commuters who use transit, so maybe this is not such a big deal.