Car ownership is up, transit use is down, and for-hire vehicles and delivery trucks clog our streets like never before. If done correctly, congestion pricing can make New York City more livable, and fund public transportation. If done incorrectly, it risks being a regressive form of taxation with limited benefits.
Amtrak cut service during the pandemic, but restoring it has been difficult owing to labor shortages exacerbated by layoffs, retirements and Covid outbreaks among staff.
Congress has not only codified roundabouts into federal law for the first time, and put them at the top of the list of examples of highway safety improvement projects. They've also defined them as providing “for the safety of all road users.”
Congestion pricing will reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.
It will raise vital revenue for public transit.
It will make the transportation system more equitable.