Taxing traffic

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🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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New York City wants to be the first in the nation to implement congestion pricing to charge people for driving during peak hours. New Jersey says fuhgeddaboudit. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Tien Nguyen, engineered by Rob Byers with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	London's doing it.
0:02.0	I mean, we didn't go first because we thought we'd be a good fan and get lots of tutors.
0:06.7	We moved because we had to.
0:08.2	Starcombe's doing it.
0:09.7	If you want to do great things, don't tell people how to adapt.
0:13.6	Just nudge them away from the bad options.
0:16.6	Singapore's doing it.
0:17.9	The important thing is that the alternatives must be there, for example, a affordable, efficient
0:24.7	public transport system.
0:26.5	But not a single city in these United States has yet dared to charge people of fee to drive
0:33.1	during peak hours.
0:34.9	But New York wants to.
0:36.7	They passed a law.
0:38.2	They've got a plan.
0:39.9	It could be implemented as soon as this coming spring.
0:43.9	There's only one thing standing in the way.
0:47.2	New Jersey.
0:48.5	Forget about it.
0:50.5	That's a head on today's plane.
0:57.4	Caution.
1:00.4	The ultimate spicy meatball from Domino's is hot.
1:03.3	Just not stupid hot.
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