Thank you for this reporting. It's enraging that our governor is opposing one of the most important and forward-thinking environmental policies in our region, and he's doing so at great cost to NJ public transportation! AND that he is reading out to Donald Trump for help!! Mikie Sherrill is also on the wrong side of this and should drop her opposition(Gottheimer is on the wrong side of almost everything). What is Murphy really after here?
Excellent! I had no idea about the attorneys who are involved in fighting congestion pricing on NJ side. As a commuter, I 100% support congestion pricing.
One argument I've heard against congestion pricing is that only rich people will be able to drive in, and that small tradespeople, like plumbers and electricians and folks delivering dry goods and perishables, will be hit by it. So presumably they'll have to raise their rates.
Countering that though, they may be able to save on travel time because the streets not as jammed, and save gas money from not having to sit in traffic... it's complicated.
I’m sure there are surveys and data on this, and we’ll look for that. But I don’t think that many plumbers from NJ drive into NYC for work. Or other working people. If they do, it’s a small number compared to bankers, lawyers, hedge fund executives, real estate people, insurance executives, and businesspeople of all sorts who easily make six-figure incomes (and I mean high six figures). It’s not a like a gas tax that really is regressive in the extreme. Of course, the next step should be creating car-free zones in Manhattan and eventually expanding them to the whole CBD, along with billions to upgrade Penn Station and the Port Authority building, along with NJ Transit trains and buses. (We can dream, can’t we?)
Thank you for this reporting. It's enraging that our governor is opposing one of the most important and forward-thinking environmental policies in our region, and he's doing so at great cost to NJ public transportation! AND that he is reading out to Donald Trump for help!! Mikie Sherrill is also on the wrong side of this and should drop her opposition(Gottheimer is on the wrong side of almost everything). What is Murphy really after here?
Excellent! I had no idea about the attorneys who are involved in fighting congestion pricing on NJ side. As a commuter, I 100% support congestion pricing.
One argument I've heard against congestion pricing is that only rich people will be able to drive in, and that small tradespeople, like plumbers and electricians and folks delivering dry goods and perishables, will be hit by it. So presumably they'll have to raise their rates.
Countering that though, they may be able to save on travel time because the streets not as jammed, and save gas money from not having to sit in traffic... it's complicated.
I’m sure there are surveys and data on this, and we’ll look for that. But I don’t think that many plumbers from NJ drive into NYC for work. Or other working people. If they do, it’s a small number compared to bankers, lawyers, hedge fund executives, real estate people, insurance executives, and businesspeople of all sorts who easily make six-figure incomes (and I mean high six figures). It’s not a like a gas tax that really is regressive in the extreme. Of course, the next step should be creating car-free zones in Manhattan and eventually expanding them to the whole CBD, along with billions to upgrade Penn Station and the Port Authority building, along with NJ Transit trains and buses. (We can dream, can’t we?)
My husband is a piano technician. He never takes any work in NYC. But his commutes to Jersey City and Hoboken now are lighter.