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Interesting, but my only questions were practical details ….
He also proposed Boston as a city where it may be appropriate. I live there and can see benefits but most of the city is really not ready
I suspect much of the traffic is from commuters coming into the city. But even within NYC, a comparatively small proportion of people in cars adds up to a huge amount of traffic. And NYC would grind to a halt if public and active transport options didn't exist already because the city simply can't support that many people in cars. Congestion pricing is just an additional tool to reduce car usage (carrot vs stick approach) and push people to the better transport alternatives.
Any estimate in how much is this percentage of personal cars?
Unfortunately I can only go by my general impression
In this NYT article they say that 55 percent of NYC households have no car, and this site claims a modal share of 30% for cars. So most NYC residents already use sustainable transportation, but not all of them.