I was heard that most funding goes toward the MTA. And they needed the money to upgrade stations, add elevators on subway lines, and add new lines/replace train cars.
Yes, it’s normal in many established cities and should have been done in NYC decades ago. People complain about traffic yet also complain about efforts to reduce it 🙃
Good morning Action Kid, how are you, mate? I hope you guys there in NYC have good luck with the congestion pricing there! We've already done it here in London, so I hope it's a success. 👍
London protesters have removed hundreds of these cameras. London is a place to avoid nowadays. I used to live there. Not anymore. High crime, stabbings, acid attacks, bombing and maiming. I'm not exaggerating either.😦
Your getting confused with the ultra low emissions cameras that have been removed by some protesters and it was only a handful those cameras that were damaged as for the crime in London it's nothing like you've made it out to be, I've lived in London all my life and it's just as save as any other large city around the world.@@harryrambler
@@walkingminnesota Reduced congestion by 30 per cent. Boosted bus travel in central London by 33 per cent. Enabled 10 per cent of journeys to switch to walking, cycling and public transport.
Another nice walk around Manhattan and seeing all the buildings, shops, stores, street food vendors and the people out on the streets have a great day and week Thanks AK.🌇🇺🇲🌃
Congestion relief but not so much for one's pocket. Hopefully, the toll fees will be used to improve roads and all the public transportations. I'm glad your foot recovery has significantly improved for you to do longer walks and also in the cold. ⭐🙏 Thank you for sharing this informative video, AK! 🤗
But the thing is that all the streets of Manhattan are NOT in good conditions. I wander where is all that money is going to. The city is going to collect all those billions and the streets are going to continue being in bad conditions.
A very Happy and Healthy New Year! Thank you for covering this ! I totally agree with you! Can they ever leave anything alone! We got around just fine before all this nonsense!
There are valid criticisms of this, but imo the main reason people are hating on this is because they don't understand opportunity cost. By waiting in traffic, people were already paying a toll, but it was a time toll rather than a money toll. If you spend an extra 30 minutes waiting around in traffic, that's 30 min you could have spent making money at your job instead. Assuming NYC minimum wage, your lost earnings due to congestion come out to at least $8.25 per day. At least with the $9 toll, that money can actually be used by MTA instead of just being thrown away. Also, the noise reduction is great for people who are hard-of-hearing and the pollution reduction will be great for people with asthma.
In Athens, Greece we have another system. The odd days only the cars of which the plates end in odd number can enter in a big area of the center, and the other way around for the even days. Weekends and National Holidays are free. We have a great subway system and tram etc which can take you everywhere you want and very fast, but somehow people still insist on taking their cars lol.
do you think the congestion tax will end up making people flood the subways? i worry that the subways will end up being too full, because it seems like to me there’s already a lot of people using it. what do you think?
They put up the cameras they had to make the money back at least, and then some. for me to haul my family of 4 into Manhattan for any events it's still cheaper to drive compared to taking the transit , assuming I am able to find free street parking (which is plenty on Sundays). The actual limiting factor for drivers like myself is the ability to locate free parking among the traffic, with congestion pricing it might even be easier. The people who this is actually hurting are those who has to drive in on a daily basis to commute. For businesses they might just raise the price a bit but for wage workers they would just have to eat the cost. Another side effect of this is that this disincentivize people from Queens to take the Manhattan route when travelling to New Jersey directly. Prior to this it is cheaper from Queens residents to take the Manhattan Holland Tunnel route than taking the Thogs Neck and whitestone Bridge. With congestion pricing people should just take the whitestone bridge to save on time.
Let's wait a week and see how many people would continue paying for this crap... Also, great now, you are going to see motorcycles on riding on the sidewalk.
Hi, Action Kid. Congestion pricing will not reduce congestion or traffic. The people that have to drive into the city, below 60th street, will continue to drive. And people that don’t already take public transportation, won’t just decide to take the subways or the buses. The funds collected will just get squandered by the MTA.
Never miss your NY walks. You should give business cards to anyone that asks who you are while you’re walking. Wouldn’t some subscribe once they got home?
@@JoaninFlorida Floridians are commonly considered crazy. I thought that was well known. But my apologies if your last name is actually just inFlorida!
If they are charge me congestion pricing, I am going to drive 5mph.... I want my money's worth..... Chunk roofing nails out your car window, start some real congestion.....
Congestion pricing is underway in New York City! Congestion pricing will reduce air pollution and gridlock and fund upgrades to transit that millions of hard-working commuters rely on every day. This is a big victory for not just New Yorkers, but all Americans.
It was a great video thanks. Question 1, I am from brooklyn....so if I drive BQE - brooklyn bridge - FDR NORTH to 66st around .will be no charge? Question 2, if I take Queens borough bridge to exit 61 st ?? No charge? Question 3, if I drive FDR SOUTH - continuously drive to west highway...no charge? But it does take west street any hidden pit fall? Also I highly doubt all camera work precisely??? CHRGE TWISE OR THREE TIMES ..for one entry ...NYC IS ABOUT MISTAKES A LOT....so worry about And those correction on mistakes usually takes long time to solve? What do you think? Also...I wanna point out that make very fair to those governments office worker ...I mean except those law enforce emergency police etc....just administrative work....ppl Always corrupted and they park wherever ...that’s not acceptable, do not you think? Thanks anyway.
Congestion Pricing is a horrible policy. Imagine charging 9 dollars a day that will definitely go up in a few years just to be in Manhattan. Especially if you’re in a suburb where the trains are already really expensive or you have no reliable public transit nearby and need to go to work or go often to the city. Good job NYC!
Congestion pricing seems like an punishment for the New Yorkers since the NYC is already one of the most expensive cities in the world 🙁Thank you for sharing this A K🙂👍!!!
Ugh, I'm getting exhausted with the Congestion Pricing in NYC!😮💨 Like damn Action Kid, I still don't get it on why the hell would they do that!🤯😫 It's legendary serious for people!😳 I'm such a hater with that, and I'm sorry that happened to you.😔 But thanks for sharing that update Action Kid!😌🤗🥹😇
1-2 years? They already decided it isn’t going to be enough for them. They are already threatening a fare hike for August. At this point, with the current party in charge in Albany these crooks will just keep grifting without any leash on them.
But is anyone denying that it's a cash grab? Isn't that obvious? That the plan is to use the cash to improve other means of transit? I thought that was the whole idea, to grab cash from drivers who don't live in Manhattan to make life better for Manhattan residents.
The biggest issue with transit in NYC isn't the equipment and transportation vehicles as much as it is safety. Which more money, given how it is allocated concerning public transportation there, will not improve safety. That is, if they money is even used for upkeep.
no wonder it's $9 a car, gotta pay the tens (or hundreds) of millions for the cost of the cameras and installation of them and maintenance of them; once in the zone, it seems a car could pass several cameras so do they charge for each camera you pass? what if you enter the zone then leave then reenter it the same day, are they charging each time during the same day you enter the zone?
I’ll give it like a year from today we all being seeing how MTA’s plan failed so badly with pricing congestion just like everything else they do smh 🤦♂️
Cities should prioritize people, full stop! I can tell AK is not a fan but hopefully within a few years we will see the benefits that many other cities who have implemented similar programs have seen and he and many others will come to appreciate this change.
Now with all the money the MTA is generating with this and the upcoming fare hike, the transit system better have service like the Tokyo and Paris Metro.
Action Kid you did an excellent job explaining this! Everyone needs to see this!
Much appreciated!
I was heard that most funding goes toward the MTA. And they needed the money to upgrade stations, add elevators on subway lines, and add new lines/replace train cars.
Wonder if some money goes to pay the retired worker's pension. I know someone who is getting $100K a year pension.
Singapore has been doing this for years,so it isn't surprising that nyc is doing the same thing now.
Yes, it’s normal in many established cities and should have been done in NYC decades ago. People complain about traffic yet also complain about efforts to reduce it 🙃
I think it’s going to work.
London has also a congestion pricing system for years.
@antgo2975That's right. Ulez is a nightmare in London. I am a Londoner .
I remember many years ago the city introduced the idea of tolling the free East River bridges too.
Welcome back Action Kid !🎉
If it’s about congestion, why is there a congestion tax overnight when there’s already no congestion?
Good point
That's a good point!
Because cars still pollute the air and make noise at night.
Good morning Action Kid, how are you, mate? I hope you guys there in NYC have good luck with the congestion pricing there! We've already done it here in London, so I hope it's a success. 👍
London protesters have removed hundreds of these cameras. London is a place to avoid nowadays. I used to live there. Not anymore. High crime, stabbings, acid attacks, bombing and maiming. I'm not exaggerating either.😦
@@harryrambler At least there's no shootings here mate! Stay safe Harry!
Your getting confused with the ultra low emissions cameras that have been removed by some protesters and it was only a handful those cameras that were damaged as for the crime in London it's nothing like you've made it out to be, I've lived in London all my life and it's just as save as any other large city around the world.@@harryrambler
Hi Falcom, I’m a supporter of congestion pricing. What are some of the benefits you have found in London?
@@walkingminnesota Reduced congestion by 30 per cent. Boosted bus travel in central London by 33 per cent. Enabled 10 per cent of journeys to switch to walking, cycling and public transport.
Another nice walk around Manhattan and seeing all the buildings, shops,
stores, street food vendors and the people out on the streets have a great
day and week Thanks AK.🌇🇺🇲🌃
THIS WALK WAS NOT ABOUT SHOWING MANHATTAN HE WAS EXPLAINING CONGESTING PRICING - PAY ATTENTION @rogertemple7183
Much appreciated!
Try to capture 72 street. I heard it was crazy with traffic due to people exiting the west side highway to not pay tolls
Manhattan is sooo confusing.
It's even more confusing with this now!
7:18 the sign is correct. It started yesterday, Jan 5
Yup
Yes, I thought it was January 4th but it was January 5th.
That city is a whole different world to me and I'm just about sixty minutes up the Hudson River from it. Thanks for the show Action kid
You're welcome!
Thank you again, AK.
You're welcome!
Congestion relief but not so much for one's pocket. Hopefully, the toll fees will be used to improve roads and all the public transportations. I'm glad your foot recovery has significantly improved for you to do longer walks and also in the cold. ⭐🙏 Thank you for sharing this informative video, AK! 🤗
But the thing is that all the streets of Manhattan are NOT in good conditions. I wander where is all that money is going to. The city is going to collect all those billions and the streets are going to continue being in bad conditions.
A very Happy and Healthy New Year! Thank you for covering this ! I totally agree with you! Can they ever leave anything alone! We got around just fine before all this nonsense!
Much appreciated!
There are valid criticisms of this, but imo the main reason people are hating on this is because they don't understand opportunity cost. By waiting in traffic, people were already paying a toll, but it was a time toll rather than a money toll. If you spend an extra 30 minutes waiting around in traffic, that's 30 min you could have spent making money at your job instead. Assuming NYC minimum wage, your lost earnings due to congestion come out to at least $8.25 per day. At least with the $9 toll, that money can actually be used by MTA instead of just being thrown away. Also, the noise reduction is great for people who are hard-of-hearing and the pollution reduction will be great for people with asthma.
In Athens, Greece we have another system. The odd days only the cars of which the plates end in odd number can enter in a big area of the center, and the other way around for the even days. Weekends and National Holidays are free. We have a great subway system and tram etc which can take you everywhere you want and very fast, but somehow people still insist on taking their cars lol.
Interesting system in Greece
Good work AK. I enjoyed this Walk. You or you the people, I often see the Sign "Raise Plow" can you explain it to me please?
do you think the congestion tax will end up making people flood the subways? i worry that the subways will end up being too full, because it seems like to me there’s already a lot of people using it. what do you think?
yes it will. walking on foot is much more flexible than driving.
Imagine Congestion Pricing in the city is annoying and then we have to leave and head back to London Thank you AK
London has a congestion fee too. It was implemented 21 years ago
Couldn’t come soon enough. Anything to increase safety and reduce noise and air pollution.
Safety? Depends on what safety you mean.
Traffic looks kind of light today
They put up the cameras they had to make the money back at least, and then some.
for me to haul my family of 4 into Manhattan for any events it's still cheaper to drive compared to taking the transit , assuming I am able to find free street parking (which is plenty on Sundays).
The actual limiting factor for drivers like myself is the ability to locate free parking among the traffic, with congestion pricing it might even be easier.
The people who this is actually hurting are those who has to drive in on a daily basis to commute. For businesses they might just raise the price a bit but for wage workers they would just have to eat the cost.
Another side effect of this is that this disincentivize people from Queens to take the Manhattan route when travelling to New Jersey directly. Prior to this it is cheaper from Queens residents to take the Manhattan Holland Tunnel route than taking the Thogs Neck and whitestone Bridge. With congestion pricing people should just take the whitestone bridge to save on time.
Yes, finding parking is another issue
Let's wait a week and see how many people would continue paying for this crap...
Also, great now, you are going to see motorcycles on riding on the sidewalk.
Great plan
Hi, Action Kid. Congestion pricing will not reduce congestion or traffic. The people that have to drive into the city, below 60th street, will continue to drive. And people that don’t already take public transportation, won’t just decide to take the subways or the buses. The funds collected will just get squandered by the MTA.
Im curious about the FDR. If you get off the FDR drive at like 23rd and further down is the toll readers right when you get off the highway
I agree with you AK. It’s just a cash grab. Some people can’t afford that toll. And the subways suck. They should also be giving senior discounts.
9 bucks today equals 86 cents in 1960 when I was in New York.
Wow traffic looks really really light? 🤔
Let’s see how it goes. Maybe this week people are still on vacation.
I'm glad we left NYC years ago.
Like tolls & taxes, congestion pricing will get higher & higher over time. Is there any independent oversight to make sure the money is used properly?
Is the congestion tax going to pay Israel or to keep TDA gang members in midtown hotel rooms at $325/night?
GREAT.
Say you have a car and only drive it in the zone, never leave the zone. Are you still charged a daily rate? 😮
Never miss your NY walks. You should give business cards to anyone that asks who you are while you’re walking. Wouldn’t some subscribe once they got home?
Will New Yorkers give up cars for the underground?
Doesn't getting a fine in the post defeat the purpose of a congestion charge
What about on your scooter? Do you have to pay if you’re on it?
NO
That $9 is on top of the $15 they charge to go through one of the tunnels or bridges....😂😂😂 Have fun with that NYers...😂😂😂
NYCers. NYers denotes the whole state.
NYC is doing every dumb thing they can think of to put that city out of business.
Florida? That's not surprising, is it?
@TT-fq7pl Florida doesn't even collect state income tax! What's your point?
@@JoaninFlorida Floridians are commonly considered crazy. I thought that was well known. But my apologies if your last name is actually just inFlorida!
If they are charge me congestion pricing, I am going to drive 5mph.... I want my money's worth..... Chunk roofing nails out your car window, start some real congestion.....
What is this Toll supposed to improve?
Congestion pricing is underway in New York City!
Congestion pricing will reduce air pollution and gridlock and fund upgrades to transit that millions of hard-working commuters rely on every day.
This is a big victory for not just New Yorkers, but all Americans.
More taxes, premium air for the rich, worse air for the poor and yet another increase in the cost to be alive in the city of New York.
Why is it wrong to prioritize clean air in the place where the most people live?
@@jimbo1637 who do u consider people? The traffic isn’t disappearing it’s just going thru other areas where other ppl will have to breathe the air.
@@youtuber9046 or maybe they'll just take public transportation like 80% of people in the toll zone already do.
It was a great video thanks.
Question 1, I am from brooklyn....so if I drive BQE - brooklyn bridge - FDR NORTH to 66st around .will be no charge?
Question 2, if I take Queens borough bridge to exit 61 st ?? No charge?
Question 3, if I drive FDR SOUTH - continuously drive to west highway...no charge? But it does take west street any hidden pit fall?
Also I highly doubt all camera work precisely???
CHRGE TWISE OR THREE TIMES ..for one entry ...NYC IS ABOUT MISTAKES A LOT....so worry about And those correction on mistakes usually takes long time to solve?
What do you think?
Also...I wanna point out that make very fair to those governments office worker ...I mean except those law enforce emergency police etc....just administrative work....ppl
Always corrupted and they park wherever ...that’s not acceptable, do not you think?
Thanks anyway.
Congestion Pricing is a horrible policy. Imagine charging 9 dollars a day that will definitely go up in a few years just to be in Manhattan. Especially if you’re in a suburb where the trains are already really expensive or you have no reliable public transit nearby and need to go to work or go often to the city. Good job NYC!
They already have lans for it to go up. The goal is 15 bucks.
It was supposed to be higher but Hockel did you a 'favor' and lowered it 40%...lololololololol
The same people that imposed this are crying about Trumps tariffs costing people money 😂😂😂
Anything that is good for the USA is seen as bad by NYC progs.
Horse and Carriage are exempt from Congestion Pricing!
I doubt it's going to put anyone in the poor house. Traffic will continue
It’s 100% a cash grab!!!!!!!
Congestion pricing seems like an punishment for the New Yorkers since the NYC is already one of the most expensive cities in the world 🙁Thank you for sharing this A K🙂👍!!!
Don't go into Manhattan again lol. NYC is plenty big to have other things to do outside.
That is what it is meant to be. They want lower middle class people and lower-income people to NYC. They are pushing them out.
The People's Court
ActionKid, you like speak English.
Ugh, I'm getting exhausted with the Congestion Pricing in NYC!😮💨 Like damn Action Kid, I still don't get it on why the hell would they do that!🤯😫 It's legendary serious for people!😳 I'm such a hater with that, and I'm sorry that happened to you.😔 But thanks for sharing that update Action Kid!😌🤗🥹😇
Next they will charge you for walking.😝😝😝
1-2 years we will hear how they pissed the money away
Business as usual in NYC
1-2 years? They already decided it isn’t going to be enough for them. They are already threatening a fare hike for August. At this point, with the current party in charge in Albany these crooks will just keep grifting without any leash on them.
The liberal-Democrat way.
A CASH GRAB is what its for. Right on Ken Action Kid
@@robertb2468 lol I read this just as he said that.
@@mikesparks3216 LOL
They live we sleep
But is anyone denying that it's a cash grab? Isn't that obvious? That the plan is to use the cash to improve other means of transit? I thought that was the whole idea, to grab cash from drivers who don't live in Manhattan to make life better for Manhattan residents.
The biggest issue with transit in NYC isn't the equipment and transportation vehicles as much as it is safety. Which more money, given how it is allocated concerning public transportation there, will not improve safety.
That is, if they money is even used for upkeep.
no wonder it's $9 a car, gotta pay the tens (or hundreds) of millions for the cost of the cameras and installation of them and maintenance of them; once in the zone, it seems a car could pass several cameras so do they charge for each camera you pass? what if you enter the zone then leave then reenter it the same day, are they charging each time during the same day you enter the zone?
It's exactly BS! Michael Bloomberg attempted to do this back then to charge all cars that entered Manhattan. Tolls on every bridge.
I’ll give it like a year from today we all being seeing how MTA’s plan failed so badly with pricing congestion just like everything else they do smh 🤦♂️
Don’t worry. They already decided it isn’t going to be enough for them. They are already threatening a fare hike for August.
@@juanzingarello4005 we know !! It’s never enough with the MTA
congestion pricing is a great idea. NYC mta should extend into new jersey. government should pay the same prices as people do.
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All these right-wing talking points in the comment section. Congestion pricing rocks! Public Transportation needs to be the priority.
I agree, I like the direction Holland has gone making their towns and city's less car centric.
Cities should prioritize people, full stop! I can tell AK is not a fan but hopefully within a few years we will see the benefits that many other cities who have implemented similar programs have seen and he and many others will come to appreciate this change.
Being against this congestion toll plan is a “right wing talking point”? Try using your brain instead of parroting empty cliches.
Yeah enjoy paying more taxes to a city and state that has never been responsible in its spending. People like you are the reason why NYCis doomed.
Right wing? LMAO
I never saw so many democrats hating this. Why do you think they delayed it until after the election?
Only the rich will be able to own a car. I own one and drive less and less each and every year.
That's their whole plan...they don't want you driving they want you sitting at a bus stop for 2 hours or getting killed in the subway...
Audit the MTA for money laundering
but its educational.. the 9's times table being learned
$9
$18
$27
$36
$45
$54
$63
$72
$81
Which will also match the congestion pricing cost rise annually or every six months.
Now with all the money the MTA is generating with this and the upcoming fare hike, the transit system better have service like the Tokyo and Paris Metro.
Don't hold your breath. Of course, you likely already know it won't
This congestion pricing halts whatever plans MTA has to improve or add to its system. Kathy Hochul made a terrible decision.
Disgusting!
😂all the money going in the pockets of the corporations . Good luck!
Who gets hurt the most? Low-income workers, as usual.
NYC does all it can to push them out of their city.
Carolyn Carla 🛤
This reminds me of
East & West Berlin