Advocate offers taste of what congestion pricing might look like
Congestion pricing would do more than reduce traffic in midtown Manhattan and create a steady stream of revenue to fix New York City’s crumbling transit system, according to a leading transportation advocate, who said it would make New Yorkers happier and healthier by reducing their stress.
It would also create an estimated 30,000 jobs in construction, maintenance and operations, said Alex Matthiessen, senior advisor of the organization Fix Our Transit who came to Bay Ridge on Feb. 21 to offer a glimpse of what congestion pricing might look like if the State Legislature adopts it.
Matthiessen spoke at Saint Anselm Catholic Academy at the invitation of Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican who represents parts of Bay Ridge and Staten Island.