Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
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Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s five boroughs and surrounding suburbs.
  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    An interesting bit to this news is that air quality improved outside of lower Manhattan. A lot of areas outside of NYC were fighting congestion pricing as they thought they were going to see increased traffic due to people parking there and taking a short train in.

  • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    A skunk habitat would improve the air quality of NYC. That place is a fetid mire of week old food garbage, stale piss, and rat droppings. Do you know why I hate NYC?