Since New York City introduced congestion pricing in January 2025, the state has heralded significant reductions in traffic and rush hour delays, fewer crashes and noise complaints, and toll revenue projected to hit $500 million by the end of the year.
I would have a love for it to be a cold, but I have never had colds with no other symptoms than burning lungs when I am walking down the street in Manhattan.
What street, by the way? Because I lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn for over 15 years, biking on the streets, and this wasn’t ever a problem for me. But there are some roads, especially the exits of the tunnels, that can be particularly bad as they’re just nonstop traffic all day every day. I used to run a server room in a building directly over the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel and those server racks got coated with black particulate, it would permanently stain any clothes I accidentally put in contact with them.
Our hotel was in FiDi, but I had issues even in Midtown. I have a brother in Harlem, and when I mentioned it to him, he was not surprised.
We come up to visit our daughter pretty regularly. I usually don’t have issues when I go to NYC, just these past two times when it was downright painful.