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New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit

  • Written by: John Rennie Short, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageTraffic entering and leaving midtown Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge over the East River. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

New York City is poised to launch the first congestion pricing plan to reduce traffic in a major U.S. metropolitan area. Like many journeys in the Big Apple, this one has been punctuated by delays. Once the system starts up,...

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