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What’s At Stake Here? New Yorkers Debate Congestion Pricing

In the 20th century, New York City endeavored to make itself more car-friendly. Under the decades-long leadership of city planner and master builder Robert Moses, the city built new expressways, highways, bridges and tunnels, all with the aim of bringing more traffic into New York. Today, New York City is arguably choking on the success of Moses' road-building program. Traffic and congestion have become synonymous with New York City. To bring the problem under control, the city has for more than a decade been pushing to implement the nation's first congestion pricing scheme. 

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