Die Anfang 2025 eingeführte Staugebühr in New York City führte in den ersten sechs Monaten zu einem erheblichen Rückgang der Feinstaubbelastung. Die Umweltverschmutzung ging in der Staupreiszone um 22 % zurück, wobei die Reduzierung in benachbarten Gebieten geringfügiger ausfiel.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44407-025-00037-2
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Authors‘ policy takeaways for planners:
> Three key takeaways emerge. First, reinvestment is critical. Allocating a portion of toll revenues to support outer-borough transit, subsidized fares, and active-mobility infrastructure would extend benefits beyond the CRZ and ensure citywide accessibility11,12. Second, freight management deserves explicit integration. Our results confirm that heavy-duty truck activity remains a dominant driver of localized air-quality variation. Differentiated tolls, incentives for zero-emission freight vehicles, and coordinated delivery scheduling could amplify environmental benefits while reducing concentrated burdens in communities already overexposed to truck emissions13,14. Third, adaptive management is essential. As weekly treatment effects grew over time, continuous air-quality monitoring, dynamic rate adjustments, and iterative policy design will be vital to sustaining gains and preventing rebound effects15,16. These lessons align with international evidence that successful congestion pricing programs rely on transparency, reinvestment, and continuous adaptation.
All the belly aching you heard on the news channels, people calling NYC communist, and we all knew what the results were gonna be. I swear to god half the battle to get a better world is fighting the corporate and billionaire owned media.
A 1/5 reduction in „particulate“ pollution doesnt seem very impressive.
Traffic is down significantly. At least me and my whole family noticed
It’s always nice every generation or so when we figure out a new way to keep the poors from driving
I was living in the middle of Paris back in the early 2000s when they started implementing no-drive zones. My life got better immediately.
I was working in Times Square back when they pedestrianized it (2008, I think). Within a day, my quality of life got better.
I’ve worked in London over the past years as they’ve been pedestrianizing and increasing the congestion charge nearly yearly. My quality of life has improved with each step.
And the BnT-ers still complain.
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Reduced to still above the max recommended level.
All the folks who pretended this was the end of the free-world will never bring this up again, and the sheep who listen to them will never know their little propaganda shows purposefully lied to them about a public project that was an overwhelming success
Making it so only the wealthy can travel when it’s convenient for them, sounds like a great place to live.
Measured in Manhattan.
Now do Bronx & Staten — #s will be worse, guaranteed.
Solving problems by increasing pricing is absolute genius.
I like the idea of NOT driving into Manhattan. But, how do you reconcile the benefits with the fact that congestion pricing only has an impact on poor people. In other words, if you’re rich you’re still going to drive into the city.
If the toll on a bridge goes up from $5 to $10 during rush hour it may force the minimum wage guy to take the train but the guy making $250k a year is still going to drive in.
I’m not against congestion pricing because what is the alternative? I highly doubt there is any political will to charge rich people more to access the city . That’s political suicide, even if it would have a more equitable impact
I said this in another post, but 1. I’m a big fan of congestion pricing and 2. The “first six months” claim makes me insane. Congestion pricing started it in January. You know what else happened in those first six months? Summer, when a lot of drivers leave the city. Really wish the authors quoted a first 12 month change. They had the data available. The paper reads like they’re cherry-picking data to make their case
Nice, but we can surely find ways to achieve this that doesn’t involve banning poor people from using their cars and only allow the rich to use them. For example maybe we can implement a weight/size limit in cars, a horsepower limit,… that achieve something similar without creating massive inequalities and giving people rights based on their income.
This has always been a horrible solution. Charge poor and average people more money to the point that it’s no longer financially feasible to use their vehicles in certain areas. Charge rich people the same amount and they likely won’t care. This just disproportionately affects poor and average people and advantage rich people more than everyone else.
Just have good public transit…