NYC Congestion Report says of drivers who will be affected by congestion pricing they earn more than those using public transit, "Shocking!!" (Sarcasm)

Most NYC drivers won't be negatively impacted by congestion pricing: report

A new report released by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a research group, is looking to counter the claims that the recently-proposed congestion pricing plan will unfairly target low-income New Yorkers, the New York Times reports. The group mined census data and looked at commuting patterns in all the State Assembly and Senate districts that are served by the MTA to come up with their conclusion.

From article, ( A new report released by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a research group, is looking to counter the claims that the recently-proposed congestion pricing plan will unfairly target low-income New Yorkers, the New York Times reports.

The group mined census data and looked at commuting patterns in all the State Assembly and Senate districts that are served by the MTA to come up with their conclusion. What they found is that in most of these districts less than 4 percent of the drivers would be driving into the congestion pricing zone, and in other parts it was still a single-digit percentage of drivers commuting into the congestion pricing zone.

Their research also showed that generally speaking those commuters who used cars earned more than those using public transit within the boundaries of NYC. Elected officials like Mayor Bill de Blasio have previously expressed opposition to the plan on the grounds that congestion pricing might unfairly target commuters from Brooklyn and Queens; the Tri-State Campaign’s research however showed that most NYC commuters using cars and entering the congestion zone were from Manhattan, and the highest percentage came from the Upper East Side.)

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