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Report: NYC's Congestion Pricing Hasn't Reduced Emissions
City health officials said four traffic-related pollutants did not change significantly, while overall air pollution stayed the same or fell slightly.
- On Friday, the NYC Health Department released a comprehensive evaluation of the Congestion Relief Zone Tolling Program, determining that air quality remained stable or improved slightly citywide during the program's first year.
- Implemented in January 2025, the program levies a $9 toll for vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street, sparking concerns that drivers would divert traffic into residential neighborhoods to avoid tolls.
- Researchers compared pollution levels before and after tolling began using statistical modeling and control sites, finding no significant change in traffic-related pollutants, contradicting a preliminary Columbia University study identifying increased particulate matter in the South Bronx.
- NYC Health Commissioner Alister Martin and MTA Chair Janno Lieber touted the findings, noting the program funds over $120 million in air quality initiatives, including $20 million for childhood asthma outcomes in the Bronx.
- Despite the report's findings, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has pledged to "terminate" the tolls, calling the initiative a "slap in the face" to working-class Americans and small business owners.
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NYC’s new pollution report proves congestion pricing was a ‘money grab’ all along: critics
Opponents of the $9 toll to enter midtown Manhattan said a city report concluding that congestion pricing failed to reduce air pollution in Manhattan - as backers claimed it would — proves it was just a "money grab" to fund mass transit,
·New York, United States
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·Arlington County, United States
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