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Report Reveals Congestion Pricing Is Calming Traffic Inside And Outside Manhattan
A research report published yesterday, June 18, by the influential Regional Plan Association (RPA) reveals that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s congestion pricing program is reducing congestion and expediting travel outside as well as inside the Manhattan congestion relief zone. Previous RPA data analysis showed that commuters into the zone are experiencing faster trips and significant time savings. The association’s latest findings indicate the tolling program is having a positive spillover effect on traffic in metro areas outside Manhattan, including the Bronx and Bergen County, New Jersey. The analysis also shows that congestion pricing isn’t having the feared effect of causing traffic to be diverted into places outside the tolling zone. “Instead,’ said RPA research executive Rachel Weinberger, ” as more people choose transit, trips to Manhattan by car are averted, resulting in less, not more traffic in the Bronx, Bergen County, and all around the region. We see a reduction in traffic jams and increased overall time savings both within and outside the Zone.”
On the other hand, RPA finds that Staten Island is an outlier when it comes to congestion relief. That borough, a center of opposition to the MTA program, is still not seeing a significant mobility benefit from congestion pricing. The association reckons it is still “largely unaffected,” with traffic delays having decreased just five percent — far less than in other metro areas — since tolling began in January.
Congestion pricing continues to be a success from a fiscal standpoint. Between January 5 and May 28, it yielded $215.7 million, which means it remains on track to reach MTA’s annual goal of $500 million of net revenue.
Sources: Regional Plan Association news release, amNY, The Guardian
Congestion Pricing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New Jersey New York New York CityExtensive New US Tariffs Are On The Way
“Within weeks,” the Trump administration is due to unleash “another tariff barrage” affecting the cost of imports critical to many US economic sectors. The new imposts will be based on the results of investigations conducted by the Commerce Department into the national security implications of specific imports. Some experts predict the new tariffs will be so far-reaching that they place restrictions on nearly every product entering the US. It’s also thought the so-called Section 232 tariffs will be more likely to withstand legal challenge than the controversial ones Trump imposed in April and then paused. International uncertainty over the scope of the 232 tariffs is affecting the administration’s ability to negotiate the country-by-country trade deals favorable to the US.
Sources: Bloomberg News (via Transport Topics)
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