alt Hacker News> NYC’s newer bus lane approaches and congestion pricing findings counter this
Could you clarify which this? (And point to the source? I’m a big fan of congestion pricing.)
Would also note that my “largely” is “largely” mostly to exclude New York. Public transit works in Manhattan, and is uniquely successful in the New York metro area [1].
[1] https://www.moneygeek.com/resources/car-ownership-statistics...
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dr_kretyn • yesterday at 3:49 AM
If the congestion pricing was based on the pre-tax income percentage it'd be even better! Right now these are private lanes for the rich and desperate.
kyboren • last Wednesday at 9:24 PM
> I’m a big fan of congestion pricing.
Of course you are. You're rich.
There is very little that’s unique about NYC’s ability to build a great public transit system, other than it is a uniquely very hard place to do it, and run by a uniquely crooked city govt.
So, if somehow NYC could do it, what’s everyone else’s reasoning for not? To tip some cards - an obscene amount of lobbying from your local car dealer baron, if you’re in Nashville (for example)