Rush hour in midtown Manhattan

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@enforcelawsNYC
Empty bike lane. Backed up traffic to the left.

[Quoted tweet]
love to see it


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2/3
@ZEROVISIONPHIlL
🚲💩Lanes cause congestion and then they want a congestion price.



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@martynschmoll
Only one thing causing congestion in that photo, man, and it isn’t the bike lanes.



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1/69
@dahvnyc
NEW YORKERS LOVE CONGESTION PRICING 🧵



2/69
@dahvnyc
NEW YORKERS LOVE CONGESTION PRICING



3/69
@dahvnyc
NEW YORKERS LOVE CONGESTION PRICING



4/69
@dahvnyc
NEW YORKERS LOVE CONGESTION PRICING



5/69
@dahvnyc




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6/69
@toyotabedzrock
He hasn't realized how he will never save enough in gas to pay for the charge. And will now have to get up even earlier to take a train over



7/69
@Yerdnana
I do wonder what the impact will be long-term on businesses/stores in the congestion zone



8/69
@DrQuinnMed
Dumb question but has there been an equally large increase in subway ridership? Are the same amount of people traveling into the city via a different method?



9/69
@jeralpo
This is great. People complain when they are"taxed" money before slowly realizing they've always been paying a tax with their time.



10/69
@Alb3sure
I’m a New Yorker who doesn’t love congestion pricing. What this person highlights is that people who are poor (they only call others “cheap” here) are shut out of this opportunity for access to work. And public transportation is not an accessible alternative to everyone.



11/69
@The_jets_Blitz
They don’t realize that traffic is always light right after the holidays. I’m an Uber driver, I know.



12/69
@StephenKrings
markets work. crazy concept



13/69
@VanKTran
A case study for public planning. hmmm



14/69
@BaldheadedKing
y'all are so ridiculous. Talk to me when school is back in session, filming has resumed, and everybody is back from winter brake. lets see how greasy ya'll talking come March 1.



15/69
@adhdpaddy
The roads were built by taxes paid by all Americans. Americans who don’t have a lot of money should still be able to use those roads.

fukk capitalism.



16/69
@ArtisanAles1
All these people are black and very bad with money though.



17/69
@Desygn4D
Wait until they get their bills. 😁
They will love this idea even more.



18/69
@Justice_Gent
We could just have really great 🚆trains



19/69
@BDiddy_1
Way too early to tell



20/69
@juicedald123
Wait until the prices start to increase.



21/69
@LukeKaven
There need to be more exemptions. Talk to musicians who are still paid the same wages they were paid 30 years ago.



22/69
@obed_lamy
@glorieuse_n



23/69
@Sharelyn
I want real data because I drove to the city today and my commute was 20 minutes longer (both ways) than it usually is.



24/69
@Makeusaywhat69
🤣🤣🤣



25/69
@Komanoff
Awesome! Someone please post a transcription!



26/69
@LFTH_Alex
Yeah but it's more dramatic to show New Jersey commuters/tourists being angry so they're getting all the air time on the news



27/69
@PhilSustainable
“Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.” – John Stuart Mill



28/69
@FrancesAChiu
It’s probably to pay for the proposed hotline for “threatened” CEOs.



29/69
@ThaaProdiigy
Staten Island expressway arguably got worse ion know what he talking about



30/69
@FollowYrOwnPath
He got “robbed without a gun.” 😂



31/69
@COLILIFEsince72
Yea they picked the week after New years!! With the windchill was 7 degrees: come Back to me in April.



32/69
@al_picha
rich people love it too



33/69
@MIC_btc
Genius plan to keep the poors in their ghettos and give the rest of us free roam of the streets



34/69
@mny_mrk
One of the most disingenuous things I’ve seen on Twitter. January is traditionally a slow month in NYC (especially first two weeks). Let’s check back in February.



35/69
@sesesesese_se
It's really been great. It's legitimately dramatic improvement on traffic.



36/69
@kalipoint
No



37/69
@1asexualguy
i’ll never spend a dime or visit the city again, they gave the citizen money to migrants now the average underpaid american has to pay to drive on a road they pay for.. this is sick



38/69
@DaBachsta
A thread full of New Jersey residents to show how New York supports more taxes?



39/69
@trickleupnyc
So basically just pricing people out. Raise it another $9 and there’ll be even less cars.



40/69
@cessna2409
Stop lying grifter. 65% of New Yorkers voted against it, dolt



41/69
@ParisSorel
It’s 3 days in. Don’t get the facts twisted. 🤷🏽‍♀️💯



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42/69
@sharknomics
bsky in bio tells me everything I need to know



43/69
@DinnerWed
Wait till you have no customers bruh



44/69
@ag_marwane
“5 internet randos said they like congestion pricing, that must mean 8.8 million NYC residents like it”

I don’t know 1 New Yorker who does. Go ask the residents of south Bronx who already have high asthma rates due to high pollution, and who’ll get more traffic due to this bs.



45/69
@Globallyblack
Wild 😂



46/69
@chris_onli_one
Best spent $9 in a looong time.



47/69
@chriskillingit
Theres other way to achieve this without forcing people to pay for the car they drive in & the gas that starts the car & the roads to be built & now to drive on those roads. The issue is they just wanna charge us for everything. Just make public transportation free and accessible



48/69
@NoFrankOcean
@callme_kv_ man I remember talking shyt to you about this. Now I’m seeing people are actually fukking with it. How you feeling?



49/69
@Tywish162
It’s fukkING EXTORTION….



50/69
@hilariousdkjb




51/69
@cespinosa_21
Thought this was timberland



52/69
@theduke171009
Shh he’s making too much sense



53/69
@ws_cambrian
How is this not getting the poor b*stards off the road, cramming them in overcrowded trains so the rich get their bespoke empty roads.



54/69
@ItaloRulli
Since it is your boss who’s paying the congestion extortion trucking fees, what do you care. Right? Now, get onto your own car and do the trip daily



55/69
@disMyBurnerGuys
this is strange now cuz ain’t no way all the post im seeing bout this is all the same praises, they screwing with the algorithm trying force this shyt



56/69
@highlifephotos1
fukking idiots



57/69
@it_fraz
If you’re paying state, city, and local taxes what’s the point of….never mind. America has a doctorate in scamming.



58/69
@ihateyouall354
Any money bet they’re not from queens. The only borough that has been fukked due to congestion pricing



59/69
@jennirobbi940
This is not going well in Europe. You won't see the big issues coming your way for some time yet, wait until it's rolled out into other areas, it's a disaster for London, it's not working.



60/69
@BeanaXena5872
David loves 🍆 in his butt



61/69
@WBVRich
New Yorkers are going to brag so much about the lack of traffic people are going to start driving in Manhattan again.



62/69
@GarbgePailAdult
Lol its been 2 days and he's leaving 30 mins earlier now? Sounds like he slept in and just got lucky.



63/69
@ferrelforreal
You could only find 5 people out of 11 Million?!?! 😭🤣🤣🤣



64/69
@the_lt_88
Reminds me of being "essential" during the 2 week shutdown in 2020...

Kinda felt a little guilty, enjoying open roads and no traffic during "rush hour", when people were sick and dying...



65/69
@jsDa31684758
Yay! No poor people on the roads anymore!



66/69
@richforskn
Dumb as fukk. Wait until it becomes "normal" traffic will be crazy again.



67/69
@JatPR77




68/69
@JakeLongstone2
My altered plate loves it as well not a dime out of my pocket for this scam



69/69
@DanielL29089656
Congestion pricing is a tax on the poor only, it benefits the rich like most progressive policies




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Truck drivers are gonna love this if they have drops in the area. It was always ultimate trolling to me to see a full 53 foot semi driving anywhere in New York City.

Put that shyt in a box truck. :francis:
 

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This congestion pricing shyt is so interesting…people are pointing out that buses are less crowded since trips are much faster/efficient meaning less people per bus. Over time more people will be receptive to taking buses meaning less strain on the subway/roads overall :ohhh:.

Parking garages inside the city gonna have to come down on those prices now that people no longer need parking. These nikkas been charging an arm and a leg forever.



Going into the city this weekend, can’t wait to see what the roads look like.
 

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People seem to just jump on the $9 congestion toll, but one thing that people seem to ignore in each of these threads is- if you arent driving into the city, you are also saving on parking that you would have been paying daily to park your car somewhere in lower Manhattan.

For example, lots around Times Square will run you $400+/month. So if you saving that plus the $9-$20 extra a day they were gonna hit you for, it could be worth it.

Now, you are really saving $580+ every month. The other side is the cost for public transportation, and more time that you will need to add to your day. Gotta decide if its worth it for you or not.
 

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1/4
@DannyInTransit
New Jersey collects more tolls than any other state.

More than a third of its toll revenue comes from outside the state, primarily from New Yorkers' pockets.

But tell us more alternative facts, please, governor.

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@GovMurphy takes a swipe at @MTA's congestion pricing system in his penultimate state-of-state address: "we didn’t mooch off our neighbors to meet our fiscal needs, and we have not stopped fighting for one second to defend our commuters going in and out of New York. Stay tuned."


2/4
@spiv
NY is the only member of the EZPass alliance not to extend discounts to other states.



3/4
@chrisbruno84
Would be cool if some of our elected officials highlighted this. Publicly. A lot.



4/4
@jmp_nyc
If NJ wants to push the legal argument that NY should not charge tolls to out of state drivers as the basis of a lawsuit, NY should make sure that if NJ’s argument prevails they will seek not just exemption from turnpike/parkway tolls, but a clawback of all past tolls.




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I work just across the river from Manhattan, in West New York Jersey. I live 15 miles from my job. On a normal day, my commute is 25 mins. On work days, it can be up to an 1 hour w/o accidents or construction delays.

This past week, my commute has been 37 mins max :blessed:i take the ferry if I have to cross the river and my job gives me freeish parking.......

fukk yall nikkas. Keep running they pocket NY Gov
If I was still doing my field tech job where I had to drive into the city I would have fukking loved this since my company paid for all my tolls and parking tickets.:bryan:
 

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People seem to just jump on the $9 congestion toll, but one thing that people seem to ignore in each of these threads is- if you arent driving into the city, you are also saving on parking that you would have been paying daily to park your car somewhere in lower Manhattan.

For example, lots around Times Square will run you $400+/month. So if you saving that plus the $9-$20 extra a day they were gonna hit you for, it could be worth it.

Now, you are really saving $580+ every month. The other side is the cost for public transportation, and more time that you will need to add to your day. Gotta decide if its worth it for you or not.
The city probably looking at the $600 saving like:mjlit: "how can we tax these muthaphuckaz to get our hands on them savings"
 

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It's been 10 days in the middle of winter and people are making definitive conclusions about whether or not this shyt is good or bad in the long haul

The Internet in 2025
:mjlol:

Give it a year and see the results, but clearly the impact is immediate. I'm curious what it does to the pockets of businesses and to the pocket of agencies seeking funds from bridge/tunnel tolls and this congestion pricing toll?

That's what they need to find out.
 

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Maybe empty streets are their goal i don't know but i think Ny probably should have stared at $3 and worked their way up instead of staring at 9 and going up

This gonna be a lesson on price elasticity of demand.
The goal is to empty the streets of cars first, cleans up the air and new businesses can actually cook with an area that's way more walkable

Then, in super dense cities like NYC, they want to replace regular sized cars with smaller EV cars (very similar to the ones the Chinese have been making)

then it's gonna turn into you can ONLY drive those kinds of cars in dense city areas.

People can be mad about it but it's for our own good, we just seen LA get clapped big time by climate change they are not tryna lose a business hub like NYC the same way



You can't have humans continue to create pollution at obscene levels just because they wanna relive older more ignorant times. The ideas have been being developed for ages now the hardest part is figuring out ways to clear out areas so the redesigns can happen and conditioning people to new rules to cut down our waste output
 
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