I'm loving how this congestion pricing thing is really making a difference in Manhattan 
! 27 million fewer cars is no joke, I mean, imagine all the air we're saving and roads we're freeing up for actual humans to walk on or bike through 
. It's like Kathy Hochul said, this thing is "winning" – one year in and it's already showing some serious gains.
And can we talk about how much better our buses are now? 2.3% increase in speed is no joke, that's like going from crawling to cruising! It's amazing what a little bit of congestion pricing can do for the people who actually need public transit to get around the city.
Of course there are still some folks out there who don't agree with it, but I think Hochul and her team have done a great job of making this work for everyone
. And as an added bonus, we're getting all that revenue to make our public transit system even better 
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! 27 million fewer cars is no joke, I mean, imagine all the air we're saving and roads we're freeing up for actual humans to walk on or bike through . It's like Kathy Hochul said, this thing is "winning" – one year in and it's already showing some serious gains.And can we talk about how much better our buses are now? 2.3% increase in speed is no joke, that's like going from crawling to cruising
! It's amazing what a little bit of congestion pricing can do for the people who actually need public transit to get around the city.Of course there are still some folks out there who don't agree with it, but I think Hochul and her team have done a great job of making this work for everyone
. And as an added bonus, we're getting all that revenue to make our public transit system even better !
it's not like they came out of nowhere, they did tons of research and made a solid argument for why it needed to happen. sure some ppl might be inconvenienced by paying tolls but it's worth it for the betterment of air quality and public transit 
and btw 27 million fewer cars is NO JOKE 
that's like, whoa. the fact that buses are moving faster too is a nice bonus 
I mean, think about it, we're all stuck in this never-ending cycle of growth and congestion, right? But then comes a solution like congestion pricing, which asks us to slow down (literally) and rethink our relationship with the city. And what's remarkable is that even those who were initially skeptical are now singing its praises - isn't that just the power of data-driven decisions? 
It makes me wonder, though, whether we're just trading one form of freedom for another - I mean, do we really want to be 'free' from traffic jams only to have our buses run on a strict schedule? The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the true value lies not in reducing vehicles, but in finding ways to make our shared space truly equitable... 