New York City’s congestion pricing scheme did not trigger the feared surge in parking demand outside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone, according to a new Department of Transportation study that challenges one of the programme’s biggest criticisms.
The report found little evidence that motorists were avoiding the toll by parking outside the zone and completing their journeys by public transport. Instead, it concludes that longstanding pressure on kerbside parking, particularly free on-street spaces, remains the primary cause of parking shortages across the city.
The Department of Transportation analysed parking activity at 4,319 block faces before and after the Central Business District Tolling Program was introduced. The assessment covered six neighbourhoods within the congestion relief zone, the border area north of 60th Street, and locations surrounding 16 transit stations across Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.
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