"What we found was if the windows are closed due to sort of the recirculation of the air in the bus, whatever someone breathes out, in about 45 seconds, everyone in the bus is breathing in a portion of that." 😬

Points to @poozer87 for transparency about his Thruway usage, and now I'm wondering how things would improve if instead he took CENTRO and Trailways or Amtrak, and interviewed their reps. Would there be more than 7 buses a day from Albany to Syracuse? soundcloud.com/user-18109193…

Among those who've started commuting by subway as a result of congestion pricing: the Midtown diner owner who nearly convinced Kathy Hochul to kill the toll entirely. It takes him about 25 min from Astoria. apnews.com/article/mta-conge…

Congestion pricing exemptions for municipal workers or other groups come at a high cost, and they'd mean everyone else pays more. Read more in our recent report with @RegionalPlan: pcac.org/report/municipalwor…

THE GUY IS FROM ASTORIA?!?!

Based on population, Rockland County contributes precisely its fair share to the the MTA Capital Plan - a little more than 2%. This includes interest on the debt. @poozer87 please call out Rockland politicians who falsely claim there's a "huge deficit"! capntransit.blogspot.com/201…

"A major goal of our climate policy has to be getting people out of cars and on public transit, onto buses, onto bikes, onto trips on foot,” said @TransAlt's @alexa_sledge Less carbon-intensive modes of transit are “always going to be substantially more environmentally friendly”

The reduction in noise pollution is such a welcome outcome. I never realized how much agitation I got from just being outside in a traffic mess.

It only took 3 days for New York to warm up to the benefits of congestion pricing after years of being propagandized by the dumbest and/or most self-serving political influencers in the state… we need to find ways to be louder than them if we wanna get things done quicker

NYC Transit needs to be better at adapting bus schedules. It took them months to adjust the M14 schedules to account for faster travel after they instituted the 14th Street Busway. We can't really afford to take months to adjust bus schedules to account for congestion pricing.

Key difference is that Routes 1-5 are within the congestion zone, while the bridge/tunnel routes just enter it. Why does it matter? It matters because of taxis and for-hire vehicles (FHVs - Uber and Lyft). These vehicles, by their nature, enter the area and take many trips there.

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Congestion Pricing is in effect today. As of January 5, 2025, vehicles entering the Congestion Relief Zone in Manhattan—local streets and avenues at or below 60 Street—will be charged a toll. More via @MTA, incl. information on discounts and exemptions: congestionreliefzone.mta.inf…

.@BrianLehrer Your questions on congestion pricing frame the issue as one that only affects drivers. Only a relative handful of commuters to the CBD will pay the toll, while millions of transit riders will benefit, not to mention New Yorkers who walk, cycle and breathe.

A 🧵: Hey friends/colleagues in NYC journalism - If you only interview drivers about congestion pricing, & not the NYers who have no choice but to take subways & buses to work everyday, are you really doing a good job reporting on the full scope of this new policy? @onthemedia

Great news for everyone who hates the terrible traffic in NYC and wants to see investments to improve our subways, buses and trains!

It’s time! @StreetsblogNYC @OpenPlans

The very welcome & frequently missing official statement that fewer cars = a better city. Not hearing that from Hochul or Adams

They will not interview the kids walking to school who are now less likely to get hit in a crosswalk or get asthma, or the mom who no longer has to haul her baby’s stroller up the stairs because the train elevator finally works or the 90% of people who do not drive to the zone.