Enjoy the Central Park entry fees
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You care about this more than I do but it is primarily being implemented to pay for mta budget gaps. Taxes like this have a disproportionate impact on less wealthy people. It will also come when midtown is struggling to keep businesses.
The equity argument isn't supported by evidence--car owners are richer on average than non-car owners. Poor people are more likely to use transit than drive to work. This also implies that poor people will benefit more than rich people from any transit fixes funded by the tolls