John, it's Brad. We just passed the one-year anniversary of congestion pricing going into effect.
Congestion pricing is something we fought for together for two decades. Then, at the key moment in 2024 when it was put “on pause” and nearly killed before it ever got off the ground, I convened the coalition of lawyers and advocates who brought two strategic lawsuits that made sure it went into effect.
And one year in? We're seeing cleaner air, safer streets, quieter neighborhoods, stronger local foot traffic, and new funding for modern train signals and accessible elevators.
But I know you guys prefer it when people give you real numbers (or, at least, as a former Comptroller, I like to think so), so let's take a look.
27 million. That's the number of car trips reduced in Lower Manhattan by congestion pricing. That adds up to an 11% decrease in traffic, reducing gridlock and making it easier to enter, exit, and go across the congestion zone.
Pollution is down 22%, with cascading effects on the rest of the region as well. Noise complaints are down too — by 17% in the congestion zone, to be exact. The number of people using our public transit system is up, as are visits to the business district as a whole.
Congestion pricing has been an overwhelming success, achieving nearly all of its goals and maintaining them over its first year. And when the program was threatened, I used legal action to protect it, fighting back from the Comptroller's office. Just like I'll do in Congress, we fended off the attacks on our city, and we're all better off for it.
I'm ready to fight, not fold for the everyday people who call NY-10 home, but I need your help to bring that fight to Washington. Our opponent has deep pockets and big-money special interests behind him. I'm not taking a single cent from them. Can you chip in to help our grassroots campaign succeed?
