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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Wow, even the Cross Bronx is seeing less traffic? That’s amazing!

I haven’t driven through there lately but will have to dig into it a bit: GPS tends to take me through the city if I travel south and I have no idea if it crosses over into the congestion pricing zone. And it’s not like I can set GPS to avoid tolls - no one has that kind of time

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this is great. Too bad these graphs don't show the number of cars over time. I'd be curious to see if the Cross Bronx is seeing a the same or higher throughput of cars, and due to less traffic in Manhattan, there's no longer a bottleneck that is backing up onto the Cross Bronx which is how people are going faster?

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The west side highway and FDR are exempt from the congestion toll if ever you pass through the city heading south.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cool, thanks

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

But if they cut out the congestion, it wont have a name!