PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoBowing to Special Interest Pressure, NY Governor Hochul “Indefinitely Delaying” Congestion Pricingnyc.streetsblog.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkBowing to Special Interest Pressure, NY Governor Hochul “Indefinitely Delaying” Congestion Pricingnyc.streetsblog.orgPKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareOgdenTO [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI don’t think the people who this is going to negatively affect can afford to live in Manhattan. They live outside and commute in. The environmental and peace push is fine but it’s really a NIMBY argument and separate from the extra cost on the workers.
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoYeah the studies I linked show that it’s not just folks who live in Manhattan, most workers commuting into Manhattan don’t drive cars, and those that do are disproportionately wealthy.
I don’t think the people who this is going to negatively affect can afford to live in Manhattan. They live outside and commute in.
The environmental and peace push is fine but it’s really a NIMBY argument and separate from the extra cost on the workers.
Yeah the studies I linked show that it’s not just folks who live in Manhattan, most workers commuting into Manhattan don’t drive cars, and those that do are disproportionately wealthy.