Nicole Gelinas & Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Should Congestion Pricing Be the Future of City Travel?

About this episode

The episode discusses differing viewpoints on New York City's congestion pricing program.

On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints about New York City’s congestion pricing program. First on the show is Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. Later, we hear from Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment and The Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow in Energy and Environmental Policy at the Heritage Foundation. You can find Nicole on X @NicoleGelinas and Diana at @DFR_Economics. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Scot Bertram

Guests: Nicole Gelinas, Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Topics covered

• congestion pricing
• New York City
• transportation policy
• urban planning
• economic impact

Keywords

• congestion pricing
• New York City
• transportation
• urban policy
• economic analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manhattan Institute, City Journal, Heritage Foundation

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