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yasth t1_j31rudm wrote

Reply to comment by actualtext in Traffic study by former head of NYC DOT reveals what he says is ultimate cause of congestion by HEIMDVLLR

The congestion charge is basically an attempt to make it more annoying to travel within an area while not actually making it gridlocked. Of course they are doing that as well.

Other than that they can push for more enforcement and more automated enforcement.

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actualtext t1_j31ucae wrote

I thought the MTA was going to be responsible for the toll system and not the DOT.

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ctindel t1_j35kcbw wrote

The only true solution would be determining a maximum number of cars we want in manhattan at any point in time and increasing the toll to enter towards infinity as the car count approaches the limit. When people start seeing $50, $100, $500, $1000 whatever tolls they’ll turn around.

It’s a fucking island controlling the number of cars present is very straightforward. Catalina does it to a smaller scale but the idea is the same. All entry points to the island have cameras already so counting the number of cars is easy.

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