“President Trump wants to bring back traffic”: Statement from Transportation Alternatives after the President’s Comments on Congestion Pricing and Bike Lanes
Weekend and weekday travel times are down in the congestion relief zone.
In January, 35.8 million people visited Business Improvement Districts in the congestion relief zone – about 1.5 million more than last January.
NEW YORK — Today, Transportation Alternatives released the following statement after President Trump’s comments on congestion pricing and bike lanes.
Statement from Ben Furnas, Executive Director at Transportation Alternatives:
“Congesting pricing is working exactly as intended – with faster commutes, cleaner air, and even more business activity in the congestion relief zone. It’s also increasingly popular: 66% of New Yorkers who regularly drive into the zone approve of the toll, and 6 in 10 New Yorkers want it to remain in place. The president’s own former transportation advisor supports the policy.”
“Despite all of this, President Trump wants to bring back traffic. Getting rid of congestion pricing will bring more vehicles back into the zone – trapping New Yorkers in some of the worst traffic in the world. Removing the bike lanes that make streets safer and make it easier for people to get around without a car will only lead to even worse traffic for everyone else, more traffic crashes, dirtier air ,and noisier neighborhoods. New Yorkers deserve to move, not sit trapped in endless gridlock – and New York City can’t let him destroy the most effective street policy the city’s seen in a generation.”
“Thank you to Governor Hochul for standing strong against traffic and for New Yorkers. We need all of our elected leaders to ensure congestion pricing remains the law of the land.”
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