The congestion-fee con: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 8, 2025
The Post is right: Congestion pricing has not worked in the Big Apple, and traffic and retail prices are up (“That’s a toll lotta bull, Kat,” Dec. 4).
What’s going to happen if the daytime congestion price for cars goes up to $15? I can only imagine what the cost will be for commercial vehicles that bring us our food and necessities.
John Giriat
The Bronx
Anyone driving or taking a cab down Fifth Avenue can see that there’s more congestion than ever.
Double-parked trucks and the bus lane leave only one lane open for cars. You’re lucky if you get to go one block before the light changes. This whole idea of a congestion fee is totally insane.
Melanie Coronetz
Manhattan
One only needs to look at the traffic going over the Ed Koch Bridge in the morning hours to realize that none of these drivers are........





















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