Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York

Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer. Policy changes often take years to show results. Even then, you may have to squint to see them. And then there is congestion pricing in New York. Almost immediately after the tolls went into effect Jan. 5 — charging most vehicles $9 to enter Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery — they began to alter traffic patterns, commuter behavior, transit service, even the sound of gridlock and the on-time arrival of school buses. What’s changed since the toll began? Cars on the street Fewer Traffic speeds Faster Peak commute times Faster still Local buses Faster, less delayed Traffic outside the zone Not worse New Jersey commutes Faster Transit ridership Up, up, up Yellow taxi trips Up Citi Bike trips Up in and out of the zone Car crash injuries Down Parking violations Down Traffic noise complaints Down Fire response tim ... Read full article.