It’s Friday, which means the first work week in New York City with congestion pricing is officially drawing to a close. So how’s it looking so far? Well, it seems to be looking good…depending on where you’re going and who you ask:
I’ve been skeptical that congestion pricing will work in a city where people already flood the streets with cars despite the many tolls and crushing traffic and high insurance costs and parking headaches all the rest of it, but I’m more than happy to be proven wrong, so I’ll be watching with interest–though admittedly I spend very little time inside the congestion zone these days, so I don’t know how much I’ll be seeing firsthand. For awhile there I was commuting by bike to and from Brooklyn twice a week, which did take me right through the congestion zone:
