Traffic in Manhattan’s central business district fell by 7.5 percent last week and 273,000 fewer cars entered the borough’s central business district after the first congestion pricing fee in the US took effect on 5 January, New York City transit officials said on Monday.
The fee was designed to reduce traffic and raise billions for mass transit, with most of the revenue generated targeted to upgrade the city’s subway and bus systems.
“The early data backs up what New Yorkers have been telling us all week – traffic is down, the streets feel safer and buses are moving faster,” head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Janno Lieber said.
Overall travel times were 30 – 40 percent faster on inbound river crossings into Manhattan, which had the most congested traffic in the United States.
This is no surprise. Congestion charges are an efficient form of user pays which reduce congestion. I look forward to having them in NZ.
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That is an impressive time saving.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
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