New York City Does Congestion Pricing And It's Great

New York City is the first city in the United States to implement congestion pricing. In this video, I talk about why this is the only city that could pursue congestion pricing, what the benefits are, and the mayoral election.

Sources:

Zohran Mamdani's Website
https://www.zohranfornyc.com/

APTA | Public Transportation Ridership Report
https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploa...

Bloomberg | The Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...

Streetsblog | Komanoff Dissects New York City’s Car Baby Boom
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/04/1...

Analysis of NYC Traffic Congestion and Emergency Response Times
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/art...

Intrix Global Traffic Scorecard
https://inrix.com/scorecard/

MTA Congestion Pricing Info
https://congestionreliefzone.mta.info/
https://www.mta.info/document/127761

NBC NY | U.S. drivers lost 43 hours—a full work week—to traffic in 2024: ‘If you're driving in New York, it's brutal,' expert says
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busin...

Congestion Pricing Makes for Better Transit
https://www.mta.info/fares-tolls/toll...
https://www.mta.info/press-release/ne...
https://abc7ny.com/post/mta-subway-ne...

An Inside Look at the Subway's Archaic Signal System
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

CBTC: Upgrading signal technology
https://www.mta.info/project/cbtc-sig...

Second Ave Subway Phase 2
https://www.mta.info/project/second-a...

New York says 17.6 million fewer vehicles have entered Manhattan in 2025
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-...

Reduction in Vehicle Entries to the CBD
https://metrics.mta.info/?cbdtp/vehic...

Traffic Down, Business Up: Governor Hochul Highlights Progress Made Under New York’s Congestion Pricing Program
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/traf...

The Streets Are Safer This Year for Drivers, Cyclists and Pedestrians
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/ny...

Congestion pricing reducing traffic in NYC, increasing revenue after first 6 months, officials say
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/...

Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

Life in the Slow Lane - A Report Card for New York City's Bus System
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/l...

Interborough Express
https://www.mta.info/project/interbor...

Trump Admin Attack on Congestion Pricing
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/...

US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump from killing congestion pricing
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-j...

Kathy Hochul's Response
https://bsky.app/profile/governor.ny....

Trump Discusses Relationship with Andrew Cuomo
   • 'I've Always Gotten Along With Him': Trump...  

Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/ny...

Emerson College | New York City 2025 Poll: Mamdani Leads Cuomo, Sliwa, Adams in Mayoral Election, Leads Cuomo in Hypothetical Head-to-Head
https://emersoncollegepolling.com/nyc...

Cuomo hopes Trump will help him beat Mamdani
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Mamdani on All In with Chris Hayes
   • ‘OUTRAGEOUS’: Zohran Mamdani on Trump’s ‘a...  

Cuomo on Congestion Pricing
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news...
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/opinion...