Congestion toll critics say bikes are only one percent of commuting

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBicycles are about one percent of all commuting in New York, and a columnist says the city is building bike lanes for a carless future.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOne percent. That is the number the whole scare is standing on, so I would like it noted.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post opinion piece calls the congestion toll a scam hiding behind that fantasy, and says the lanes are mostly empty.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the fear is you pay nine dollars to enter Manhattan and get a view of the road.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair question. The governor's office says twenty-seven million fewer vehicles entered the zone in the first year, an eleven percent drop in traffic.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOfficials say nearly five hundred fifty million dollars. If that's a scam, it's the best-attended one in the country.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThough the Regional Plan Association found illegal parking complaints just outside the zone jumped seventeen percent. That part is real.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMildly worried. The toll is working, the parking is not, and the bikes are a column.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd it goes to twelve dollars in twenty twenty-eight. The only thing still free in that city is the opinion.