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NYC's Congestion Pricing Has Caused 'Quality-of-Life Improvement' in Just Six Months (www.commondreams.org)

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After six months, the policy of tolling drivers has reduced traffic and raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the city's transit system. But the Trump administration is still trying to shut it down.

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[–] shplane@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This kind of selfish thinking is exactly why the world is always on fire. Sorry you’ll have to pay a little more to go on vacation with your four kids. What a hard life you live.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol -5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't have four kids.

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

You’ve missed the point of my reply but fine, when you said traveling as 6 in another comment, I incorrectly assumed it was you, your partner, and four children.