Posted Jan 14, 2025, 1:54 AM
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Volatile Pacivist
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 11,110
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Originally Posted by Crawford
Congestion pricing is a huge winner. I know it's early, but so far, the available data suggest that congestion pricing assumptions were spot-on.
Here's the MTA ridership data for last Tuesday, compared to the same Tuesday last year:
Subway: +400,000
MTA Bus: +80,000
LIRR: +30,000
Metro North: +30,000
https://new.mta.info/press-release/trans...-live-wnycs-brian-lehrer-show-friday-jan
That's a 540,000 increase, not including NJT bus and rail, all the ferry providers, private bus providers, etc. Granted, it isn't 100% congestion pricing, as ridership has generally grown somewhat, but congestion pricing is likely a big piece.
Also, bus speeds in Manhattan almost all increased last week.
So far, congestion pricing is working exactly as promised. And no, it isn't the weather, as seen with the huge increase in transit ridership last week. |
A 400k increase in daily subway ridership is amazing for one year regardless of the cause. Especially considering that there's currently only 3 rail systems in the US that exceed 400k in total daily ridership according to wiki's " List of United States rapid transit systems" page.
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