Contrary to what Councilman Barron of Brooklyn told the Amsterdam News last week, there is an academic study showing that congestion pricing will not strangle Harlem, but rather will untangle it, provided the specific transit improvements promised are made:
Contrary to what Councilman Barron of Brooklyn told the Amsterdam News last week, there is an academic study showing that congestion pricing will not strangle Harlem, but rather will untangle it, provided the specific transit improvements promised are made:
http://www.weact.org/Portals/7/congestionpricingplansummary.pdf
(summary)
http://www.weact.org/Portals/7/Northern%20Manhattan%20and%20the%20Conges...
(full report)
My organization, WE ACT, which has been the leading environmental advocacy group in Harlem for two decades, supports congestion pricing.