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NYC's Congestion Pricing Has Caused 'Quality-of-Life Improvement' in Just Six Months
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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025
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So poor people pay an even more disproportionate amount of their income to use a car, for many of whom it is a necessity. The rich get less traffic, the poor just have to take whatever crumbs they can afford.
The $9 congestion toll is nothing compared to the cost of parking in Manhattan. Gothamist, and other media outlets, did the legwork on this: The congestion toll applies to approximately zero poor people; they're not driving into the city. But tens of thousands of lower-income people benefit from improved bus service, subway upgrades, and less danger.
I'm lower middle class and would like to take my family to visit NYC someday. It just got more expensive for us.
Honestly you wouldn't want to drive there as a visitor. Like, you wouldn't be driving from spot to spot, that would be a nightmare.
Hopefully they have decent medium term parking garage on the outskirts, then you could park and then transit/walk/uber/taxi. That would be ideal.
Edit: or I guess just park at your hotel for the entire stay. That would be even easier....
Yeah we visited Toronto recently and just parked at the hotel the whole time. When you're traveling with 6, a car is cheaper than flying in plus you're not as limited on luggage. New York isn't that far from us and I've been upstate but never to NYC.