Congestion Pricing

[NYShoreGuy]

Congestion pricing options studied by MTA would charge NJ drivers extra to get to NYC

The MTA released an in-depth study of what the traffic, pollution and tolling outcomes could be in seven different scenarios.

www.northjersey.com

 

[sami]

Congestion pricing options studied by MTA would charge NJ drivers extra to get to NYC

The MTA released an in-depth study of what the traffic, pollution and tolling outcomes could be in seven different scenarios.

www.northjersey.com

For the life of me, commuting into NYC for 11 years, I could never understand the dopes that were sitting in that Lincoln Tunnel helix alone in their cars. Why anyone would want to commute by car into midtown Manhattan makes no sense. The roads suck, the traffic sucks, the wear and tear on your vehicle sucks.

 

[HALL85]

For the life of me, commuting into NYC for 11 years, I could never understand the dopes that were sitting in that Lincoln Tunnel helix alone in their cars. Why anyone would want to commute by car into midtown Manhattan makes no sense. The roads suck, the traffic sucks, the wear and tear on your vehicle sucks.

Commuting by car to NYC makes no sense, like you said. I go in so rarely now (twice since the pandemic started) so it doesn't hit my radar anyway.

I wonder where this money goes though. Went out to Long Island two weeks ago to visit friends, and the GWB looks like something from a third world country.

 

[cernjSHU]

For the life of me, commuting into NYC for 11 years, I could never understand the dopes that were sitting in that Lincoln Tunnel helix alone in their cars. Why anyone would want to commute by car into midtown Manhattan makes no sense. The roads suck, the traffic sucks, the wear and tear on your vehicle sucks.

I agree with you. I used to have the easiest commute into NYC when I was working at the World Trade Center. The PATH to WTC. Nothing better than that.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Nicole and Josh got together

‘Blindsided’ Bronx, Staten Island, Jersey lawmakers rip MTA congestion pricing plans

South Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres said his borough felt “ambushed” by the agency’s prediction that the Cross-Bronx Expressway could see up to 704 new trucks per day under the tollin…

nypost.com

 

[dehere23]

I agree with you. I used to have the easiest commute into NYC when I was working at the World Trade Center. The PATH to WTC. Nothing better than that.

The commuting preferences, I find, vary widely amongst individuals. When I lived in Hoboken for years, of course I relied on the various available, efficient and cost-effective mass transit options. Even when I'd be working really late.

When I moved to Bergen County, without a direct connection with Penn or WTC, I still took the train for the 4 days a week I went into the office. After a few years, I got sick of it for a million reasons. I started to drive at least a few days per week, because I could leave to go in at the tail end of rush hour and typically left the office to head home after rush hour was done. I used my drive in to handle administrative/internal calls for work, and my drive home to catch up with friends/family or just listen to a game. I had a cost-effective vehicle, and typically my job would pay for parking a day or two a week (and, using an app, it was only about $20 or so dollars per day). So with the gas, E-Z Pass and parking expense (often reimbursed), it didn't really make much of a difference $-wise. I also liked the freedom to just leave (or stay) if I needed, which I didn't have with the mass transit options.

Pre-pandemic, I was basically working from home 2 days a week and driving into NYC 3 days a week, and that became the option I liked best. Post-pandemic, where I'm almost exclusively remote, I almost always just drive in.

 

[CL82]

“Congestion pricing?! I remember when you used to get congested for free. All you had to do was stand out in the rain. Now the government wants to charge you to get congested? And then what? Probably charge us for decongestant! It’s all a scam I tell ya! Don’t get me started!!”