NYC’s Long-Awaited Congestion Pricing Plan Will Have Big Environmental Benefits

After months — and, for some, years — of anticipation, congestion pricing is live in New York City. The controversial policy, which essentially makes it more expensive to drive into the busiest part of Manhattan, has been floated as a way to reduce traffic and raise money for the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the city’s subways and buses, since the 1970s.

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