NYC is Banning Cars… Unless You Pay $23/Day
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Congestion pricing is coming to the big apple, and its a big deal.
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Most New Yorkers voted for all this. They made their bed, now they can sleep in it.
100% and they will continue to vote the same and comment on videos like this with zero understanding.
We voted for it because we want it. Why would anyone want to live in a city full of traffic when the majority of New Yorkers don't even own cars?
Nyc hasn't counted a vote in years....
@@jimbo1637bro that’s the dumbest comment I have seen. A lot of New Yorkers own cars.
@@jimbo1637Don’t complain when the price of everything jumps 20% then
Has anyone else noticed how SOOOO far behind we are in public transportation compared to Japan? I'm a Floridian who's never left the country simply because I'm poor. Like...poverty poor. But I am very much in love with watching everything and anything that has to do with Asian culture and seeing how people get around in Japan is just absolutely mind blowing. They have it right.
Same as it ever was, unfortunately. We don't prioritize things that can help the poor and middle class... We prioritize tax breaks for the rich and hiring police officers by the thousands.
also research the MTA , then you will realize this is a money grab . They are the worst organization in the city .
I heard somebody say in regards to WW2, when you look at Japan, the US won the battle, but it seems Japan won the war. Look at Tokyo. It’s essentially NYC if it was well managed, clean, and just generally wasn’t a shit hole. The train system is insane like you said, down to the minute! I think they said if it’s more than 5 minutes late you get a note from the train company to show your employer. Plus they have the best cars in terms of reliability all made by the Japanese: Honda/ Acura and Toyota/ Lexus. I gotta get out there one day. Visit Tokyo and Osaka at a minimum.
It's corruption and greed. General Motors and the auto/fossil fuel industry purchased and destroyed America's public infrastructure during the 1900s to make people more dependent on a less efficient, more expensive form of travel, cars.
I think it is a mindset. The US is too car dependent and has been for way too long. Therefore urban planners, private developers, retail outlets, and politicians cannot think outside the box to solve the issue of mass transit and traffic. Even public transportation comes in 2nd to one's own vehicle. Everything we build is made for cars. We can't walk or bicycle anywhere because of how areas are zoned and things like pedestrian and cycling paths don't even come into play. Not to mention safety.
I only walk in the city and never take my car when I go. I see this as an absolute win. Less cars, less noise.
Part of the reason there are so many trucks and commercial vehicles in the city is because we lack freight rail connections directly into manhattan, which clogs up all of the bridges and tunnels coming from both sides of the island
all cities dont have freight rails, and the last miles all rely on trucks, doesn't matter it's China or Japan or US. the problem is not trucks but how the city design. for an really old city this is going to be the problem, same for Beijing and Shanghai or HongKong, Tokyo had been leveled for the most part during WW2 that is why their design is rather good for modern live.
Robert Moses dismantled freight rail in NYC. Also stopped the lower deck of the GWB from being rail as was intended.
@@haihengh drayage from a rail freight terminal can be done with relatively small electric delivery vehicles. Many older cities had freight terminals for downtown deliveries and many still do. NYC destroyed these in the 1950s
I think doing that without having better public transportation options in place first is horrible governing.
trains. they work all around the world.
Just like how the west coast legalized all drugs without trying to improve healthcare
Might as well have the fairy godmother start turning the rats into horses.
@@Midala87Yooo 🤣🤣🤣
@@w.alan.21bro have you ever been on a nyc train you know how bad that shit is
I used to think Philly traffic was bad, then I started commuting to
NY regularly. Hours to go 8 miles is insanity.
@@joninslo5759 what ?? That literally not what they said at all. They were simply sharing their experience. Learn how to be rational
@@joninslo5759Schizo response
@@joninslo5759you definitely got issues if thats what you got from it
Facts bro chill out
@@A_C2215is he wrong tho?
During the pandemic my family in the bronx purchased an suv. Waiting in cold weather and nasty people who cough in your face was the last straw after 20 years with no car.its pretty dirty in the stations too. You have to worry about crazy people pushing you off the platform. I hate driving but MTA does not maintain their system well unless its in wealthy or touristy neighborhoods. They cant be surprised the working class are willing to pay more to avoid taking a bus. The fact that some stations hadnt been cleaned or maintained until a global shut down is embarrassing. New Yorkers pay a lot for fares and pay a lot of taxes they deserve better
I grew up on uws - west end ave. I moved to hudson country nj in the ninties. I used to use mass transit all the time until covid. now i drive into the city once a week for work and work the other days in Staten Island.
What you describe is the same desaster, which is ‚obligatorily‘ by „German Railways“ ..
🤣😂🤮 … very deficitarly and worst service, although „PT“ is very importantant and indispensable to fight „traffic- jams“ and make an better and cleaner environment realisable.
Wes we deserve better, and congestion pricing will go along way to improve the subways. I have a car too, live in Queens, and need the car to get to work in the Bronx and to get to my family the suburbs. I rarely drive into downtown, that would be crazy, no parking, too much traffic. I support congestion pricing. I hate driving like you, necessary evil to get me to my job, family in Long Island, Westchester and NJ.
I wouldn’t mind having to take the subway if they actually used the money to improve it instead of wasting it
It's fascinating how everyone complains of policies like these, yet keep voting the same people to lead them.
Typical brainless Democrats
NYC loves the D
Might have something to do with something that rhymes with berrylandering
Merrygandering? It's on the tip off my tongue and accounts for why most ppl bad for the people stay in power.
This is why I don’t vote
@@silfrido1768so you’re just gonna let them keep doing this and not vote against it?
So it's not a "ban", it's just another tax that will inevitably be passed along to the consumer while the proceeds get wasted.
Mayor is exempt and all NYC City Hall staff is too. * That is the best part. Let them have cake and eat it too!
The other question is how are these dollars going to be used by the administration? I have not seen anything on that yet... Pocketed most likely.
@@JasonTurner The money will go to the MTA to help fund capital projects.
Cities are for people not cars. It is a tax on people that are causing huge externality costs now. Manhattan will be a much more pleasant place without so many cars. The public transport network can absorb many more people and millions of miles of people circling around looking for parking will disappear.
@@PerfectSpainValencia 🙄uh-huh.suresure.thanks for the official press release.hope you enjoy the extra surcharge on everything.👍
London expanded their congestion zone a few months ago with ULEZ zones (Ultra Low Emission Zone) which resulted in a huge amount of cars being scrapped in favour of cars that are allowed in the zone for free, affecting the poorest people the most, and over 2000 cameras have been vandalized.
I think people are confusing congestion and ULEZ zones. ULEZ for emissions was extended. Congestion zone the fee to drive in central London has not changed/expanded. We have had congestion zones in London for 20 years. It works! The less traffic the better.
Why does it effect the poorest people the most?
@@ijeoma1992 there have been a few cities near me that diverted the highway to go around the cities and not through the cities. conclusion was more than half of the businesses in those cites shutdown permanently. is that not the case with this subscription fee?
Hey Larry, can't wait for your next video.
@@Lincolnator721you don't need highways to go into a city for business to thrive. Less cars improve business margins. People who walk/cycle have that ability to look at a business and randomly decide to just stop and go in to spend their money. A car will drive past it at 50mph and not notice it
The reality is that if existing congestion pricing isn't working, it'll only increase until it finally does. If you can, please switch to bike/bus/train. Leave the city roads to commercial vehicles.
Having lived in Philadelphia and visiting NYC many times. A car is perhaps the worst way to travel in there. Traffic is slow, you’re faster in many cases walking or taking the subway.
Which is why we should tax them
@@pr.paradox1970 Unless it’s essential freight then yes.
@@pr.paradox1970is that your answer to everything you don't like?
I take day trips there and I park and then walk all day😭
As someone who lives in NYC and drives everyday, you're a liar. Staten Island to the Bronx is a 3 hour ride on public transportation compared to a 1 hour drive.
MTA will take the money, mismanagement, and nothing will improve. MTA is a racket.
MTA= money taking Agency
Works for me 💰
@@ElleBrOw
“Works” and the MTA should have be used in the same sentence
Exactly ✅️
Yeah, they’ll keep paying people who don’t even work for them and waste all the money. Smh
Traffic will generally fill any space you provide for it. Add more lanes? You'll simply get more traffic. Add congestion pricing? Traffic will remain the same. The amount of people wanting to get into NY far exceeds its actual capacity, so logically this will have little impact. Why not remove cars entirely from certain streets? Create pedestrian-only streets. THAT is proven to help improve cities and is what makes so many European and Asian cities amazing to live in.
Yea, it's crazy, if you give more people the option to drive themselves they'll take it in a heartbeat. Adding extra lanes directly improves the lives of millions of people, cutting back directly harms the lives of millions. It's silly how often that's left out, or how hard people try to twist things.
You can gain similar gains in connectivity and economic output with public infrastructure, but you need to take the full weight of cost onto the government to do so, and it needs to be a serious commitment to come close to the effect just building roads does. There are a few places that have come close, but there's a reason not a single city in Europe or Asia is as productive or wealthy as the poorest, worst planned US cities.
New York isn't in Europe, it's in the US. Also it has unique problems like being an island. Space is limited, transport will always be strained.
Let me start with, nah.
🤣 watching people still not get it is hilarious. Everything politicians and government does has a double meaning. You can't get money from people as revenue with sidewalks only...
They don't really care about the congestion they just want more of peoples money.
How can people not see that and take their scam at face value?
Damage the meters
@@hydra7427 so banning cars would make more sense
The MTA is going to take the money, waste it and pay more to its CEO.
They need to put up huge gates at the subway terminals so that nobody can get on for free
@@SSNESS They do but here the thing they learned theirs always a way around it. They expolit loops for example emergency exits designed to be open easliy and quickly in emeregencies they open those to let people in you can't do anything about it other then place officers at these gates but they are to scared to anything now because it typcially two officers vs a group of 4 guys and all it takes is a clip of them detaining these guys and a claim of police brutaility.
NY MTA looks gross!
@@SSNESSThey’ll blame everything and everyone but the CEO up top embezzling all the cash to pay for his fleet of Ferraris.
@@chinookh4713😂😂
It's just a tax to help to pay for the 6 million daily cost for illegal immigrants it doesn't matter if it works or not.
It’s been in the works before any illegal immigrants
🤑🤑🤑🤑
Huh? Don’t be ridiculous
I concur 100%! Who ELSE WOULD THE MONEY GO TO? The Verrazano bridge was supposed to be paid for YEARS ago but they still collect tolls and it goes up constantly. As far as services on the busses and trains, it’s not safe, it’s filthy and people get hurt or killed below ground, and jump the turnstiles. Yup, I grew up in Manhattan. It’s nothing like it was back in the day. Much less safe and filthier than ever. Sad.
@@OllieRamonehahahah false illegal invaders was planned they are extorting American citizens
I like this little news reporting you’re doing.
It’s nice to hear about what’s going on from someone who actually lives in the city.
Bottled water isn’t safe to drink either
LOL. "News reporting". Pure opinion with bias.
@@clarkwillis3490how, mind giving an example how this vid was bias? Cuz it’s true especially when your in the main cities and not the country side of NY
After living/working in Baltimore, DC, and NYC I'll just say regional rail needs a massive comeback. The fact that it takes ~1hr15min to get from Rockville, MD to Arlington, VA during morning/evening rush hour (only ~50min on congestion-tolled 66) was enough to sway me to take the DC metro instead (~45min). When I lived in the Bronx I didn't even take my car to live with, I kept it parked in Jersey near a rail stop since the NYC subway was good enough. There's something to be said about congestion pricing since traffic is absolute bonkers nowadays, regardless of adding more lanes (270 in MD). If there were more park-and-ride options on the outskirts of cities I think that's a happy medium right there, I'd much rather park outside of the city and commute in than sit in traffic. Plus congestion becomes a point of public safety like the sinkhole on George Washington Parkway or when a tractor trailer blocked off the VA Bridge on 495 right before evening rush hour, crippling an entire corridor of highway traffic for several hours (people were running out of gas sitting... causing even more issues upstream). Also 3:35 seems subjective, the subway is pretty clean and reliable for only ~$130/person/mo unlimited, maybe if road traffic could be reduced leading to lower maintenance in those gained funds could go to making the subway better. DC metro is ~$190/person/mo unlimited and is cleaner and a tad more reliable. For reliability, both have been quick to get shuttle bus services going pretty quickly as issues arise and I never got stuck anywhere even when problems emerged in the early hours of the morning going cross-borough. Also some minute parts are always under construction as if that's a bad thing? Obviously they try to do things at night but I'd rather them fix things sooner rather than later, plus you can't do the same thing with roads as easily and that would cause car drivers to be even more upset in proportion.
I am a SMART and proud New Yorker and voted for the Current SMART NYC mayor and for Joe Biden.
I am so happy about what's going on.
I love paying higher taxes, more fees, more tolls, earning less, etc., because this is what we all voted for and must NOT complain and OBEY the Mayor of New York City and OBEY Joe Biden.
Joe Biden 2024
Years ago they did something similar in Chicago instead of charging you for coming into the city they raise the price of parking to compensate for people driving in to the city. It did absolutely nothing but increased revenue for foreign owned parking company. You see the mayor sold the rights for city parking to China along with a toll bridge in order to balance the budget before he left office. Selling off a publicly owned business for a short gain. Possibly the worst decision ever made by a public official. This was done by democrat Richard J Daley, Junior.
I think be sold it to Saudi
@@MrNothingButAir It is owned by Saudi Arabia. Maybe it changed hands?
Fifteen minute cities.
It isn't China. It's Saudi's. It was originally sold off to Morgan Stanley LLC. Daley's son was on the board of Morgan Stanley, at the time. Then it was sold to Saudi's.
@@truthteller4442 I just watched a Peter Santenello video where it was explained.
Scheme is the only word that describes this law. Its nothing more then another way to tax the people.
this is a standard tax in many countries in europe because cars shouldn't dominate the urban core of a city.
there is no amount of money on the planet that will make a liberal plan work or fix a problem they either create or make much worse. such a number does not exist.
New York is filthy rat infested, high crime rates why would anybody wanna live in a garbage dump in a first place
@@Phil9874 That's quite misleading.
Many of EU's *biggest* cities have *some* special areas (old towns, historic centers, very central areas, etc.) where there is some extra payments to reduce the worst of car traffic.
We're talking about the most central parts of Paris, Madrid, Rome, etc.
How all of them and most other cities in EU are tackling the car problem though is by improving public transportation and "bikability" of the cities because people need to get to places and cars are just a symptom of the disease.
PS, UK/London doesn't count since you need to be 18 to buy plastic spoons there. They exist in a parallel dimension that just happened to momentarily collide with ours.
@@Phil9874this isn’t Europe and it doesn’t work there either. If your illiterate to economics it sounds like a good idea.
The subways are just as congested too and the price for taking the train went up. This is just another money grab
The MTA shouldn’t have to rely on congestion pricing for funds in the first place, but it’s better than the funds going directly to the state.
The MTA gotta follow through and the easiest thing they could do is more bus lanes. If you could do that and only charge private vehicles, I think congestion pricing could work
People don’t seem to realize what a huge waste of space cars are, especially in one of the most populated cities on the planet. Not just the square footage of the vehicles, but the endless amount of infrastructure that has low passenger throughput The more cars we get off the road and people on transit, the better.
Turning all the highways into fields
@@mmmmmmmmmmmmbeepbeepbeepOr, maybe restoring them to the towns and neighborhoods that were bulldozed over to make them in the first place. There’s already car-free streets in Manhattan and they’re awesome! We need more of them in NY, not less. Local govs waste 200 billion/yr on average repairing stupid stroads and parking lots - spaces that could be used for more housing or businesses, yet literally act as empty “fields” for cars. All those billons would be better served going to public transit than oversized metal boxes that frequently kill people, and that even a scooter can easily pass in traffic anyway.
If you’re carrying multiple people, then a car makes sense. For commuting to work or picking up milk though? We need to invest in better options.
hear hear.
I think the businesses should have the ability to apply for an exemption pass for their vehicles, so that deliveries can remain untouched, otherwise, you are going to have insane prices for everyday things, more so than it already is.
That and a bus or freight vehicles, any of those are simply providing vital goods distribution
They would likely save more than $23 in labor and gas costs spent sitting in traffic.
Essential freight should not be an issue. Personally owned cars should be because they make the job more difficult for trucks that carry the freight for businesses
$20 per truckload isn't going to make a noticeable difference to NYC prices
just gonna say that most transportation vehicles (except those few that transport meter-long things but that's just a percent of cargo vehicles or so) can be replaced with cargo bikes to great effect as seen in europe, asia and Africa. So if they decide not to go for that option, that is a luxury decision and should be paid as that
If you live in New York, you would know that cars are obsolete and should eventually be phased out.
Ppl are going to start leaving the city. Imagine being a remote worker with a company that is now DEMANDING that you come into work only to be slapped with a "Congestion Pricing" fee? Soooo... instead of fixing the disgusting subways and public transport, just charge ppl to drive their own cars? This is crazy! 🤡
10:55, what I see is that the city is not interested in fixing anything. They just want more money!
This is all it is.
yeah why doesn’t the city just fix things without using money 💀💀
I think you have truly found your calling. You do this reporting good, thorough and unbiased.
@@Mikael-jt1hk Thanks for correcting my grammar.
Indeed!! What an awesome way to use his channel! I’m very impressed! Great work!!! I’m a long time follower and he keeps impressing me constantly!
Yes.... I like these little reports....
“Unbiased”?? He may have presented “both sides”, but clearly he was rooting for 𝙤𝙣𝙚 side more than the other.
It comes down to, if you are a business owner who operates vehicles in Lower Manhattan, you can pay your staff to 𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘, OR you can pay the $23/day per vehicle. Which do YOU think is more expensive?
Unbiased? We must have watched different videos. 🤔
imagine your tax dollars paying for road construction and then you have to pay to drive on the roads you paid for.
Instead of making it more expensive to drive, there should make biking, trains, and busses better
"poor people will suffer and the wealthy will be unaffected"
Poor people will take a more well funded public transit system at the expense of rich drivers
Sounds like another law made by wealthy people to make themselves feel better whilst also not hurting themselves because they’re wealthy.
nah its to keep outsiders from comming into the city easily and clogging the city up. people in the city have a right to prevent outsiders from comming in if they want to. you dont live there. they do. stop forcing your entitlement on them.
@@zerotheligerwealthy people take car services. The toll won’t affect them at all. And what kind of bs is it that people who live outside of the city but work in the city, should be kept out? If that’s the way you feel, don’t leave manhattan. We don’t want you in our neighborhoods either.
@@southernparadise9896 thats fine then the city wants to stop subsidizing yalls suburbs next. yall can pay for your own roads, land usage, utilitie lines, and sewage systems. instead of leeching off cities.
we will see how long yall can handle your taxes skyrocketing when real cost of home ownership hits
@@zerotheligerthis bs is 100% not going to work. This is purely for money
@@zerotheliger 😂😂 I live rurally in another state. I’m a poultry farmer. Let’s see how long y’all stay alive when we stop sending food into the city 😂😂
If you live in NYC. You don’t need a car.
Should be $53/day. You can do any commute on E-bikes
If you work 10 - 12 hr night-shift you have to pay twice, for going in, then driving out.
Then they will start raising the price
There are many other options for especially manhattan commuters than owning and operating a motor vehicle
@@janvanhoyk8375Most subway shutdowns needed for repair work happen at night (roughly 11:30 p.m. - 5:30 a.m.). How are those workers supposed to get to their jobs? You mention numerous options for Manhattan commuters, but those people will be the least effected and harmed by congestion pricing.
@@janvanhoyk8375 Usually yes, although commuter trains do not run at all between 2 am-6am so those who work 3rd shift are screwed.
that is annoying, probably less traffic at that time for cars anyways, but yeah i would think more train service for even those few that work those hours would be great.@@kevinmiller8111
I'm a truck driver from south NJ that delivered to NYC for over a year and you'd be surprised how many businesses get their products delivered from NJ. It's already expensive for commercial vehicles to enter NY, then they have to find parking or get ticketed, which happens a lot, and now you add another fee. SMH. It's like their local government wants to run their own city into the ground.
From what I’ve seen if you come in using a tunnel crossing you don’t pay the fee again
THe cost of doing business,
What they will achieve is to have no one living or doing business there.
THEY DO. WAKE UP.
@@aquarius5719 yall just wanna live in a non walkable dystopia just so you can make more money. Your greed is why the young kill themselves in mass its all about money not quality of life
Cyclists are out of control in Manhattan. They should be licensed and made to adhere to the rules of the road. I've seen too many accidents and near accidents. They have become a nuisance and are more dangerous than vehicles - speeding, riding on sidewalks, going against traffic, ignoring traffic lights, stop signs... an absolute disaster all to promote CitiBank...
"All you can do is suddenly react when it is inflicted upon you!"... That is a very ominous
and true statement!!! We really enjoy all your videos!! Thank you!!! ❤😂🎉
Looking at everything I've learned in this video, it seems like a classic case of fighting the symptoms instead of the disease.
Build crazy congestion (dense areas of high rise buildings) with inadequate parking and public transit and you'll have a congestion problem. They missed the boat during city planning years ago. Now NYC is poised to become a new 15-minute city...keeping the poor away from areas where they are not wanted. Gotta love greed and human nature.
@@scottdorsey8220 if they ban the cars then guess what busses will run more freely and transit gets better. its the entitled car drivers polluting the cities that city people do not want around.
@@scottdorsey8220that’s not what a fifteen minute city is lol. Enough with the fear mongering
@@scottdorsey8220 BOOOO Scary 15 minute cities means you will have public transport at your doorstep and all places you need to travel to on a daily basis in a 15 minute radius!!! Scary!!! (this comment was sponsored by the car lobby. buy more cars. think less.)
@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 And, you'll be a nice debt slave as you're surveilled and controlled by Government, with their social credit score and CBDCs. The WEF and WHO will control your environment.
If they dont double down on making public transport widely available, more efficient, and generally better this just them exploiting another avenue for the governing body to profit off the working class.
What's your problem with NYC's public transport as it is now?
@@warnegoodman They cut budget for the public transportation,busses already insufficient and metro is just terrible. They dont have enough biking lanes nor biking parks. Stroads everywhere making walking dangerous. Like where is the good part, mate? Why do you think people shouldnt complain?
Now the rich can drive around mid town without being bothered by the riff raff.
NYC is killing the midclass.
If the goal is to encourage people from the suburbs to use transit, they should build parking around the suburban train stations. People will drive to them and then take the train to Manhattan to avoid congestion pricing. Also, a truck driver carrying tons of food or merchandise can't switch to public transit, so there should be a total exemption for commercial vehicles.
"parking" is a word made up by the automobile industry lobby, and sounds nice for a reason. Plottwist: nothing to do with trees.
I feel like the problem is the traffic mode in itself. Everyone driving their own car for example is just way to space intensive. And it’s a little weird to me that New York as one of the wealthiest cities can’t make public transport safe, reliable and fast.
It has to do other things and public transportation is not supported in the USA
I support it, it's just... It sucks real bad here. If it was sorta cool and worked well, I'd be with it. Meantime, we go with electric unicycles and cars.@@AMBallProduction
Can't make public transportation safe when Restorative Justice is being used for offenders.
NYC has more subway stations than any other in the world. The tunnels are old and were often not very well planned because they were built by competing companies. Unless you are travelling at night, they are very frequent and you can see arrival times posted. Most claims about the subways being unsafe are mostly media sensationalism.
Car owners get the lion’s share of public funding for infrastructure, the bulk of it goes towards fixing and expanding highways, roads, parking spaces, etc. Meanwhile, public transit gets whatever’s left over after. This proposal helps address that.
You know your newscasts needs to be awarded!!!! I am not a New Yorker and I find it interesting and relevant! Thank you for your work!!!
I totally agree! 👏👏👏👏
I 100% concur!
If nyc is going to ban cars, at least improve the damn public transportation.
Perfect transportation for NYC is a scooter. Takes up way less space, gets 100+ mpg, cheaper than a car, can park it about anywhere & there's really only one problem. As soon as you park it someone will steal it.
I live in NYC (not for much longer) and NY residents vote like fools. They can have it all
In the last month or two, NYC employers are back pedalling on remote work and wanting people to come into the office again. I've been interviewing for tech/tech adjacent roles since JULY. These are jobs that are actually more easily performed at home because you're meeting with people all over the world. So I suspect this tax is a complex excuse for collecting more money, and I suspect there's something else going on that's penalizing companies based in NYC that don't bring employees to the city.
Bingo! I suspect the same.
Holy cow! Could be!!
@@nickj12so what is your solution if you are the mayor of new york? Maybe you had a good solution?
These companies have business real estate contracts. They’ll need to explain to investors why they are burning money to rent empty office spaces. So they make everyone come back
@@mcthorwmalowsRequire all new buildings to build the first 10 floors as self-park parking garages like every other city. Funny enough, in LA and Chicago, the #2 and #3 largest cities in the country have no issues with parking because, you know, they built parking garages that YOU, yourself, go park in your own parking spot for a daily fee. No parking attendant. No tipping. No valet. Just go, drive in, take the ticket, and park anywhere you’d like. On the way out, you pay at the exit with a credit card and problem fucking solved.
If you want people to choose other alternatives, those other alternatives need to be better than the one they're doing currently that you're trying to get them to stop. New York doesn't have any better options for them.
Also, people don't change their habits that quickly. This needs to be done over time slowly.
Damn...New York really hates poor people
I don't understand how you pay taxes for public services like roads... Then they go and charge again to use the roads you already paid for...
because the MTA isnt run as a more self sustaining business. MTA is run as a power grab by NYS officials. That being said why shouldn’t people contribute to the maintenance of the reduction they use? We pay for the subway per trip. Why not pay to use the roads and bridges with your personal vehicle per trip? The wear and tear justify the money being collected. Most of these jokers coming from NJ complaining will be taking away free parking from tax paying NYC residents. 🤔
It amazes me that they always find a new excuse to steal our money. You can travel to Seoul, Tokyo, or Paris and they have the most amazing clean transit systems (Paris trains aren’t clean but are very extensive) and they do not charge any toll road fees. So how are they able to do it but here in America, they find so many ways to charge the people?
Because the cities you named were built with people in mind rather than large SUVs. Transforming North American cities into a European or Japanese style design Will require huge investments, and more particularly a change in people's behaviors and expectations.
What's for sure is that life in a European city like Basel in Switzerland, or Amsterdam in the Netherlands is far better than what we have anywhere in North America
Like the other comment said, yea, these cities weren’t designed to be car-centric, but another reason is taxes. Those places either have higher taxes or more of their tax budget dedicated towards public transportation. In America, not only was the infrastructure never established, local governments fail at properly spending on public transport due to a lack of funding and public interest, or just straight up poor spending choices.
The US is so far deep into it now that it’d be a colossal financial effort to fix it that not many Americans are willing to compromise for. That’s the unfortunate reality, which breeds stupid rules like these.
All those cities, yes, all, including London have CONGESTION PRICING. LOL.
Americans want to own a car, a home, etc.. in Tokyo the apartments a VERY small, and average people do not own cars. They literally work and own nothing.
Corruption and greed my friend. Welcome to America .😊
The problem isnt City Revenue the problem is revenue mismanagement.
The only way this would be a valid system and argument for solving the problem, is if New York's public transit system was actually really good. So there was an actual viable alternative that didn't involve people using a dilapidated system that means they're risking their life every time they get on it. The New York Subway is way below average. So there is no good public transit alternative for New York City.
New York consistently finding new ways of becoming the worst place to live for your money
Enjoy owning a quickly depreciating asset, paying for gasoline, parking, and the upkeep of a single family home in Texas, I guess?
@@janvanhoyk8375: I have a nephew who lives in Texas with his wife and one son. The cost
of living is STILL much lower that New York or California. In fact, people from NY and CA are
MOVING there for that lower cost of living. (Just saying - ya *_pay_* what ya *_get_* for.)
@@SouLoveReal Yes, cost of living in much of that area will probably always be lower cost than NYC, dense areas tend to cost more and pay more. Cost of living =/= quality of life (in either direction), but there is a correlation for sure. I think a lot of americans in suburban areas balk at the idea of paying more in cost of living but are unfamiliar with the many benefits (and places where money is saved) of living in denser areas.
@@janvanhoyk8375the cost of living in most of Texas is rapidly increasing due to the lack of dense development
@@SouLoveReal So TX is a pit but at least it's cheap?
NYC is a dumpster fire, with the citizens inside saying: "This is fine".
Yup! By reading some of these comments, you are correct. Lack of oxygen to a certain body part
I live in the NYC metropolitan area and, the radio stations claim it’s the greatest city in the world 😂 As if! Not even the greatest city in US. Too many someone’s drinking the kool-aid.
Definitely. It's unbelievable how they think being regulated about everything is fine. Wait until Hochul comes out with a Breathing Air Tax.
@@suzannemarienau2760 breathing air tax is coming..watch. They will find a way to do it and the 🐑 will believe and defend it.
Another very informative and entertaining video. I ride a regular bike but not in NYC. I enjoy the old school pedaling style. The exertion is great! That would be my only concern with e-bikes: you don't get much exercise if any at all. People need to exercise or face major health problems. Cycling is a good way to get and stay fit; plus, it gets you where you need to go.
Part of the problem with bikes is the theft rate in NYC. 15,000 reported stolen each year and cops believe only 20% are reported.
@@mikep490 That's a fact! I never leave my bike unattended. I keep it in line of vision (locked) and never more than five seconds away from me. If I had a folding bike (say, a Brompton with 16 inch wheels, making it pretty small), I'd take it in stores with me. If that were not allowed, then I'd shop elsewhere. Basically, don't leave your bike unattended.
In italy we sort of have this, it's called ZTL, Zona Traffico Limitato translated means limited traffic zone. Basically it's set in the city centres in the most old/rural areas and you can go through only if you have a permit of some kind. If you go through it without the permission you get fined. Only in some time of day and in some days the zone is opened so everybody can go through. I remember as a kid TONS of traffic, and now there are way less. Only taxis, buses and emercency cars
Another big issue is that there are many commuters who need to travel from NJ to Queens. NJ commuters who might want to take the 59th St Bridge will need to pay the full congestion fee just to travel a few blocks to get to the bridge. This is truly ridiculous.
This is something that's never talked about for some reason. I'll add that people will not get to leave Long Island, Brooklyn or Queens anymore without paying in some way. When I lived in Queens, I used to always take the 59th Street bridge ----> FDR----> I-87 anytime I needed to get upstate as the MTA bridges were too expensive. Islanders are now painted into a corner and can't even leave their own state without paying a toll. That's ridiculous. Fortunately I'm out of that highly corrupt state now.
Literally 99 percent of commuters take trains or a bus.
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I use the FDR to leave the city too. But you still can't get back home without paying
That's the entire point. there is limited road space in lower manhattan and people who are just passing through are adding to the congestion without either working there or spending any money there. so they make the quality of life of those in lower manhattan worse off without contributing anything.
As a person who lives in the hinterlands of Colorado and has only visited NYC once in 1969(!), I am fascinated by these reports by an “ordinary New Yorker”. It suggests to me that NYC is at or above capacity. The depths to which people are willing to go to stay in a town that obviously doesn’t really value its citizens is curious. That, and the cost of housing and everything else is pretty frightening. We out here in the rest of ‘merica just don’t get it. NYC is an island, it’s outta space. There literally is a limit to how many people can “live” there. Y’all need to maybe visit the rest of the country with an eye to quality of life. Meanwhile, good work, Cash.
Don’t listen to people that think Manhattan is the end all be all of NYC. A lot of people in other boroughs and the suburbs don’t even come into Manhattan.
I understand your viewpoint. I grew up in Colorado, then had a career in NYC, then moved back to (rural) Colorado. I was in NY for over 20 years before the bullshit to benefits scale tilted. Meanwhile, Tokyo central business districts are far more densely congested than NYC. And yet they are able to maintain subway systems that are clean, safe and, reliable.
I'll speak from life experience. I'm a native-New Yorker born and raised for 38 years. Now I live out of state. First time in my life. While I gained wide open spaces and own a home. There were some trade-offs. It truly depends on the person to be honest. The biggest one, NYC is the most diverse city in the world. The way people act, think and work is reflective of that. Other smaller cities can seem "militant" in comparison because of a lack of compassion or understanding. Other reason includes convivences. Tons of options for food, shopping and entertainment. Last are job opportunities. Cost of living can be fierce there, but if there is a job to be had its going to be there. With smaller cities they may just specialize in a particular sector. New York does have it all. But sadly, between COVID, poorly planned social justice reforms, poor mayoral leadership, high tolls, price punishing eco-friendly endeavors on businesses and economic issues. It's like New York wants to check off all these boxes to look accomplished but they aren't helping anyone during these times overall.
You don't know what it has to offer until you're living there. You don't know what you lose until you go elsewhere. Not being aware of the depth of NYC culture and lifestyle, I can only share with you there is nothing else like it. Nothing. Hopefully, in better times it will return to the awesome city that it truly is. Until then I had to put myself to the bench and wait it out.
As someone who,lived in nyc for twenty years and then moved to a number of other cities in America, it is plain and simple. There is nothing like NY, and either you get it or you don’t. Not to say there aren’t a million reasons to move to a place with more space, nature, quality of life but none of that stuff matters if you get hooked on NY. I was in love with the city for fifteen of those twenty years and then I wanted to find a better lifestyle, with more nature. Hard to find in America, unless you go rural, which I don’t like. So I tried Miami, Boston, LA, and then finally Durham, NC. All of it worthwhile but at the end of the day these are all suburbs compared to NY. Most of these places you depend on a car to live there. It’s great to live in a real urban city such as nY where you can take the subway or bus anywhere and everywhere. Also the vibe is deep, and that something you can’t describe. I left a long time ago and am glad I did. I think it’s lost all the coolness and vibrancy it once had. But I am glad I had my chapter there and it will never be repeated, at least not in America. I live in Spain now and the quality of life is fantastic but it’s not NY. I am older so for me, it’s perfect to have a slower placed city. But being young and ambitious in NYC, is the the bomb and I enjoyed it immensely.
@@susanvaughan4210 Tokyo is pretty homogeneous, so they don't experience the "diversity culture" crime and filth NYC does. They also prosecute criminal's, unlike NYC. There are no affirmative action hires in Tokyo, so their city worker's actually have a work ethic, unlike NYC. I'm waiting to see the spike in crime, when the illegal's get kicked to the curb, and have to survive on their own. Watching what's going on in NYC is like watching a poorly written soap opera, with an ignorant director, who equate's to the low IQ, incompetent NYC mayor, making ignorant decision's, time after time. But hey, the majority of NYC voted for him, so they are getting exactly what they deserve. Those smart enough not to have voted for him, need to get the hell out of there.
This new tax is was passed because of the MTA lobbyist and it's going to make them HUGE MONEY. all this money goes back to the MTA. IT doesn't help the taxpayers, the environment, nor will it help congestion they claim to be fighting because it's still going to be as bad, or even worse because traffic will redirect in other places
I don't understand why anyone would ever live in New York
Idk if this is it, but something needs to be done to make US cities more like Tokyo. I visited recently and transit is great, and this mega-city is quieter than my small Texas city. Most vehicles on the road were small trucks delivering supplies to businesses.
Its a cultural phenomenon that the U.S. will never have. They're taught from a young age to respect their surroundings. Like inanimate objects have a soul that is the culmination of human effort to create that object. They're also often made to clean their school at the end of the day through their education. This is coupled with a ruthless intolerance to homelessness, crime, drug use, and public disturbance.
@@sfdhsrdfgadfbasf That's not the real reason behind it. It helps, but it's not the deciding factor. They put heavy investment into public transport and their cities are designed to not accommodate heavy traffic to encourage using public transport. Whereas in the US, our car and oil companies lobbied our government to design our cities in ways that accommodates heavy traffic and make public transport more difficult. And the car and oil companies constantly put out commercials and TV/movie segments that essentially brainwash our minds to make us want to buy cars. ~20% of all vehicles on ours roads are pickups trucks, how many of them are actually used for what they are designed for? Nearly everything in the US prioritizes profit, and that's not a cultural thing.
I went to Amsterdam this year and their trains, busses, and trams are world class as well as protected bike lanes. We need to build cities with alternatives to driving in mind, we need to become less car dependent.
@@georgehill3087 it absolutely is the real reason. It's a world view. They house the largest automotive companies globally and promote them endlessly in their country. You can only blame corporate greed so much. It eventually it boils down to the consumer and their world view. People don't ride public transit in such numbers because it's dangerous, dirty, unreliable, outdated. It takes a cultural understanding to want to improve that and maintain it.
Nothing better than having to be shoved into a train because it is so full you can't walk in yourself, must be wonderful for those who wish to go out with their kids and those who simply don't wanna get touched by strangers in a train that is so full to the point where there's not even room for your feet, truly world class transportation. Meanwhile in mean USA you get to enjoy the freedom of taking your car to wherever you wish, whenever you wish and however you wish, all while enjoying the air conditioning and radio/music in the car, even in a congestion.
American here that once lived in Japan for 2 years. I believe cycling could be a great alternative for many people.
So they need to invest more in it and discourage driving... like congestion pricing.
@@DagaenGolomb yeah exactly
but the US car lobby is too strong in the US.
I mean look how they somehow were able to denounce 15 minute city concepts. I still can't get my head around how quickly they were able to do that haha.
Visited the US once. Never again. The need for a car for every single errand is horrible.
@@DagaenGolombif biking is better than driving then why do you need to discourage driving? I think cycling just sucks
@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 The reason why they disnounced 15 minute cities is because people aren't stupid dude. lol. People like me who work in the oil field have to drive to work, there isn't "Public" transport around here. It started with covid all the scheming and scheming they did? This isn't new. NYC is a cesspool of just BS from the years and years of bad polcies are catching up. US Carlobby isn't exactly strong, you must not realize the US is a company basically lmao.
@@CineZoneYT We don't need to discourage driving. We are already massively SUBSIDIZING it. All we need to do is stop subsidizing it. Congestion pricing is to reflect the true cost on individuals and society from driving.
NYC is currently paying about $440 a day to house each illegal immigrant currently living in the city. Let’s be honest, they don’t care about the traffic. Taxing people driving in to the city will not reduce congestion because no one is driving in Manhattan for fun. All those cars are for employees or transportation services. NY is basically taxing transportation workers even more to earn more money to help their migrant crisis. The solution to their financial crisis is to take MORE money from taxpayers to house people who illegally entered the country and who get to live for free in the country’s most expensive city.
NYC is housing illegal foreigners who do not work or pay taxes at the cost of the taxpayer. I wonder how long this system will function before they end up like Venezuela, Cuba, or the USSR.
You get what you vote for. The people of New York supported the idea of providing for illegals and now they don't want to pay? Too bad, you'll pay indirectly. They will cut your public services and charge you extra taxes and fees. You don't get to say you'll do something and then when it comes time not do it
Good idea. Too many people driving alone in vehicles in NYC. A better idea would be to not allow private vehicles at all. Implement a much larger mass transit system and force people to use it. Or they can walk. This would help to cut down on the staggeringly high number of obese people in NY as well. It's a win - win.
Something very important that this video lefts out is the economic reality of car infrastructure. All the necessary infrastructure that that allows for everyone to own a car and get good use out of it is extremely expensive, year after year. Virtually all cities in America have been unable to keep up with the cost maintaining their roads, let alone expand them in an attempt to ease congestion (which does not really work because of induced demand). When it comes to large metropolitan areas, being the hub of economic activity, most of the taxes that are used to maintain car infrastructure comes from cities, but people living in cities use that infrastructure less than people living on the suburbs which is where most of the traffic comes from, and people living in the suburbs do not pay nearly enough property taxes to cover the cost of car infrastructure both in their suburbs or the city. In short, people living in the city have subsidized car infrastructure that they largely do not benefit from, but that is unsustainable with how expensive it is living in a city. Will congestion pricing work? idk, probably not, but it is not simply bog gov stealing people's money, is an attempt at redistributing the burden of cost of unsustainable car infrastructure more evenly
In conclusion, the issue here is deeper than just controlling congestion and is not just big bad government trying to take your money, the issue is the fundamental economic unsustainability of expecting every working person to own a car rather than designing both suburbs and cities with more efficient modes of mass transportation in mind
Yeah its also kinda crazy how everyone sees only the "negative" part of this, goes to show how car centric america is
I'm so excited to see how this guess. Personally it seems like this will be something people hate for a decade and then when it decreases cars on the road people will begin to enjoy it after a decade or so
This isn't true though. I live in NY and property taxes are cheaper in the city than the suburbs. They also never spend money on the roads they are always fucked up. So not sure where this car infrastructure money is going lol. They don't even spend money to keep the city clean.
bump. This is a huge issue that the city seemingly refuses to do anything else about?
There’s also quite a number of benefits to effectively, massively neutering car traffic beyond this. It might actually become a seriously desirable area to live.
They don't just need better infrastructure. The issue with how we design cities so nobody can walk anywhere is a huge issue.
Why does every politician think that making people pay for things is going to magically make the problem go away?
They don't, it's just the government taxing the people more. Nothing more, nothing less.
Because that's how supply and demand works under capitalism. You make something more expensive, fewer people will want to do it/buy it. If something is cheap or free, you encourage people to take advantage of it.
@@AshleyBromiley there’s the concept of inelastic demand where raising price doesn’t necessarily reduce its consumption. Like insulin, housing, water. Transportation is in this category too since people can’t get basic necessities without it
@@Emmie-kn1mxglad you agree capitalism doesn't work
Because it generally does.
Lol i have an 25mph escooter, No car payments no traffic. No gas. More 🤑💰💰💰
it's a small step towards a better future. They should ban all private cars in Manhattan, allowing only commercial traffic. There is no need to drive a car when there are so many subways, buses and taxis. Good Job NY!
Good, Americans need to start not depending on cars. Also paying to drive should make it so traffic doesn’t even happen as much, basically paying a premium
Two teen girls stabbed in Grand Central Terminal while visiting NYC on Christmas Day! Subway sounds like a great alternitive.
Didn’t the people that drive pay for the streets? I think NY is overstepping its Constitutional limitations. Didn’t these people take an oath to uphold the Constitution? They can be swiftly removed from office with an Affidavit for violating that oath.
Giant municipal subsidies like we just started in Atlanta for e-bike purchases will need to be the bare minimum answer.
Probably need to subsidize a large amount of rail transfers too
I think increasing bicycle safety and convenience both in and around the congestion zone will help a lot to give people an alternative to driving. Adding separated bicycle lanes with a barrier (fence, hedge, etc.) between the car lanes and bike lane will drastically improve safety. Also adding two-way cycling lanes on one-way streets further improves the convenience of cycling. A bike path can move so many more people per hour than a car lane ever could.
we can make a bicycle safer, but adding seatbelt, air bag, a windshield, a roll cage, signal lights, and a crumple zone to it.
oh wait, it is called a CAR
You know how cold it gets in NYC in the winter. Almost nobody uses bikes in those times. So it is a seasonal thing only.
@@vdoggydogg3922 because no one bikes in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Amsterdam. LOL.
Right now the bike infrastructure is so poor that only the zealots ride. When you make it better, more people will ride. And we have these things called thermal ware. You don't get that cold when riding either.
@RobinSentell roads can't handle the cars already in nyc..so make more bike paths? New Yorkers are walkers and subway riders anyway. Nobody wants to bike in the city with those crazy drivers.
@@vdoggydogg3922 yes. If we make fully connected protected lanes, where even your 12 year old can ride them, then it will help a lot.
You already have to pay for tolls to every bridge and tunnel in. This is why I get on a train at Bronxville. I never drive into that hell hole.
It's an assault on people who live in the city. People who live all over the country get to park at or near their own home but New Yorkers aren't allowed to? Actually, they're talking about Manhattan, only. People who live in Brooklyn, Queens, are all New Yorkers and no one proposes limiting those people from driving to their own homes, Where should Manhattanites leave their own cars if they can no longer drive to their homes?
Good thing I don't live in a "mainstream" location.
It's almost like it's a lot of terrible infrastructure, a lack of bike lanes, and a hatred of going slow, random things like roundabouts, etc.
As a Long Islander, (NYC allegedly wants to visit and spend) public transportation is unsafe, filthy, unreliable, and cost-prohibitive. Visiting NYC is no longer worth the trouble on many levels.
It’s a terrible idea, for all reasons you pointed out. Funny when you asked the guy if the money will go to better the “system”. He could even answer it will a straight face. lol. Keep doing what you’re doing. Just subscribe to your channel.
I never used cars in new york. Most of the people that know uses cars in New York were non residents.
But still charging this much is kinda a lot. Why.
I lived in London when the congestion charge was introduced. and it worked great. but when a conservative mayor came in, they tossed it out the window.
Congestion pricing excluded for EV's, this will encourage EV use, less pollution, less noise.
NYC needs $12+ billion to pay for asylum seekers
Keep the trucks, vans and taxis. Ban private cars.
It's not meant to alleviate traffic, it's a money grab. Because when it doesn't work, they won't remove it. Less cars means less money. They price it just right so that people eat the cost.
I'm fine with this, personally. It can be a NIGHTMARE getting around the city I live in, because of all the "bridge & tunnel" people congesting the roads. If you don't live in Manhattan, don't bring your car here, unless you want to pay for the privilege.
The solution to cars is getting rid of cars. Finally some part of America is catching on.
Charge $50 per vehicle (excluding essential freight and businesses) coming into The Bronx. The benefits won’t be seen immediately, people forget that it takes time and money to build/repair infrastructure.
This is pretty normal for most European cities.. people go to spain and italy and talk about how nice it is to walk places and then wonder why it doesnt exist in north america. If you need to get downtown take the subway or something
$23/Day is a huge number like it makes almost 700 dollars a month. How people gonna pay that again? It is not like you can know when a person gonna use their car or how many days they will use it. So you gotta take that money from every person that owns a car which will bankrupt people. Like it wasnt enough not owning a car is not an option in America,there are little to no public transportation, walking is dangerous and biking lanes are insufficient. When you gonna go to countryside or any other town you need your car nonetheless since interstate trains almost nonexistent for passenger transportation in Usa the only other option will be a plane which not every town has.
If you drive around the city, you quickly learn the congestion isn't due to too many cars, but rather due to a ton of construction sites, parallel parked cars blocking each lane from each side in a 3-4 lane road, and police officers ignoring any punishment for those that are blocking roads. But hey, don't forget to hire hundreds of officers to give parked cars in designated areas tickets for standing there between the hours of 9am-10:30am.
Did I hear that correctly? How did they quantify congestion costing taxpayers 20 billion USD per year?
Worked in London. The money raised could go towards improving public transport too
Next thing you know New York is going to start bitching how they think they are owed millions of dollars when know one pays these fees.
Policing turnstiles costs the city more than fare evasion
Problem is that only way to actually fix this problem is with better infrastructure and public transport. Doing this is just going to hurt people with less money. If you actually do things right, people would just choose to walk, use bikes and use public transit, which would reduce cars naturally.
They should just do huge interconnected infrastructure plan, and then implement it piece by piece as it becomes possible. Ultimately all "solutions" I heard in this video are just for mitigating the problem, no steps to solve it.