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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 564: One Year of Congestion Pricing

January 28, 2026

This week on the Talking Headways podcast I’m joined by Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance to Talk About the One Year Anniversary of Congestion Pricing in New York City. We chat about the history of the idea, the mobilization of activists to turn the cameras on, and sour grapes from New Jersey and USDOT.

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