Let's review your statics after one year and let's compare them to DOT's data. I would also like to see in DOT's data what percentage of cars are exempt from paying the congestion pricing. — Leah on Tracking the Congestion Pricing Tracker

Parking on our street was down over 50%. I've never seen so few cars parked (Thursday at 11:30am). It seems like an unintended consequence of this could be lower toll revenues for the Port Authority if more commuters do move to public transit. Revenues from public transit are much lower than PA tolls. I might have missed this but was possible lower PA revenues part of the calculation? — MKO on Tracking the Congestion Pricing Tracker

The impact on sales tax receipts - particularly small businesses / restaurants - is key. Obviously traffic will decrease because the market is at least somewhat elastic - this data is pointless (also they should be comparing January '25 to January '24, not 4 random months they chose). To know if it was worth it, you need to know the incremental consequence on Manhattan businesses (e.g. lost revenue) which could be far more than the tax collected from congestion pricing. Ultimately, the real issue is that the MTA budget is so bloated from the unions and red tape that if the real goal was to invest in public transport and encourage people to use it, reforming the MTA cost structure (and increasing policing on transit) would have been a far more effective solution. — Bert on Tracking the Congestion Pricing Tracker

The deterioration of City Hall Park's hardscape and landscape is sad. It's only been about 25 years since it was renovated and it looks awful. — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... on Nosy Neighbor: What happened to the gas lamps at City Hall Park?

How about if you do not see any cameras on the block you are entering. For example on 46th st if I turn off the west side highway heading toward 11th Ave, how am I getting charged. I see signs saying beginning of toll zone. But no cameras. — Joany on Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents

Oh, good point. I saw Ban + cast iron and read right over Reade... — Tribeca Citizen on In the News: Two Downtown connections to the best restaurants in NYC

You only get charged entering, and then only once a day. — Tribeca Citizen on Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents

Has anyone noticed the graffiti on all 4 sides of the top floor of this building? One day I noticed these looking out of my window.. Makes you wonder who, when and how was this done..security is not a priority, clearly — Pat Oliveira on Nosy Neighbor: Can’t we restore the sidewalk in front of 45 Park Place?

Let’s be real frank since you brought up politics. if you look at the top ten states with the highest GPF per capita most of them are blue states. If you look at the average income per capita, more states on that top 10 are blue states. red states have the weakest economies, the highest divorce rates, the biggest educational deficits. Red states have the highest rates of welfare recipient, highest rates of suicide deaths. highest teenage pregnancy rates. highest rates of poverty. Highest rates in gun shootings. highest Covid death rates. So basically why would anyone be voting republican? they want the whole country to be like red states? When you vote republican what policies are you actually voting for? — Sam on Barnes & Noble Tribeca will close next month

I expect it will take a little while for people to adjust their behavior, so it's probably too soon to make any assessment of the results of congestion pricing. — Marcus on Tracking the Congestion Pricing Tracker

This is not Cast Iron House — article says it is on Reade Street — Trimom on In the News: Two Downtown connections to the best restaurants in NYC

Enforcement goes down, crashes go up: "For 8 Months, Traffic Enforcement on New Jersey’s Highways Plummeted"...and immediately crashes went up https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/nyregion/new-jersey-state-police-slowdown.html — Marcus on Congestion pricing is here

I live on Spruce St. and take the FDR to the GW Bridge to drive to Albany. Returning same way, exiting the FDR at Exit 2. Will I be charged both ways? Or if I went to the Holland Tunnel to leave the city, would I be charged. — Dan on Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents

@ Jill F: Are you sure you're being made to pay the congestion toll b/c of some unfortunate aspect of your garage's location? I'm trying to picture why that would be. Please let us know, thanks. — Komanoff on Congestion pricing is here

@Makes_You_Go + @Marcus: The value of busting license-plate tampering goes far beyond the added revenue from the congestion toll (and "incumbent" TBTA and Port Authority tolls). It has value in stopping these motoring miscreants from violating red-light and speeding laws that endanger and too often injure and even kill other road users. With NYPD having basically given up active enforcement of driver violations, automated, camera-based ticketing is the public's only line of defense, but it requires that license plates be visible and valid. — Komanoff on Congestion pricing is here

I wish they would have carved out some level of exclusion for downtown residents. While our neighborhood is mostly residential, it's still zoned commercial with no local alternate side of the street parking. When returning to manhattan, paying this fee to access my parking facility isn't sitting right. — Jill F on Congestion pricing is here

I can't tell how I feel about the apartment in Case Iron House. I like minimal, but it might be a tad too much for me. And for that money, I'd prefer to live deeper in the neighborhood, not on Broadway. That said, the light pink womb chair is fantastic. — malcolm on In the News: Two Downtown connections to the best restaurants in NYC

S, the stats are compared against a historical data from the year prior. From their website: "Our pre-Jan 5th averages are calculated for the first chart using about 16 weeks of pre-data to compare congestion zone routes prior to January 5th to dates after. We are averaging the same weekday across dates in May, June, July, August and December of 2024." — J on Tracking the Congestion Pricing Tracker

NO! Because the highways are exempt. And you can drive around the zone as much as you want as long as you don't leave it. — Tribeca Citizen on Congestion pricing is here

The charge from Monday showed up today but it was for $9... didn't reflect the $3 credit I should have gotten for going through the Holland Tunnel. — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... on Congestion pricing is here

The lenders have been trying to foreclose on the property for over 4 years, this has all been stalled by ny courts, which refuse to just settle this on a timely basis. Just more incompetent government in our state. — Reademan on Nosy Neighbor: Can’t we restore the sidewalk in front of 45 Park Place?

Though not much discussed in media, seems like there is a glut of restaurants/food places in quite a few parts of Manhattan. Restaurants/food places are competing against each other plus food delivery. This seems especially true in "FiDi" Fulton, John, Nassau, William Street plus the Seaport area. Fulton Street alone is basically one food place after another. On Beekman Street for example, there are 3 coffee places within 2 blocks. In the meantime, the only places to get housewares are Lot Less or the Real Deal LOL (or walk over to Target which has a limited selection) The amount of ecommerce delivery is incredible. In contrast, in areas like Greenpoint there is still retail - a full-size toy store, some cute gif shops.... Not everything can be a food place. Or nail salon. — Lisa on Retail Report Part 2: The Stats

It sounds like these developers are broke, so fining them is likely futile. But I suspect they owe real estate taxes to the City. I really don’t know anything about this, but I wonder if the City has tried to foreclose its tax liens on these properties. Doing that might bring things to a head and at least shift ownership to a new entity, with the possibility of completing the projects in some fashion and adding needed housing units. — SW on Nosy Neighbor: Can’t we restore the sidewalk in front of 45 Park Place?

There is an exemption for people with a disability that hinders their ability to take public transportation. Details are on the MTA website. — SW on Congestion pricing is here

I agree. Glad you said that. — SW on Congestion pricing is here