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Jim Walden: “None of [the proposed parking solutions] was done before…”

Featuring: Jim Walden, Attorney, Former Candidate, New York City Mayoral Election 2025

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New York City Public Service Retirees' Friday Night Live with Mayoral Candidate Jim Walden

Published | Video Starts at 44:23

Still to this day, for whatever reason, people exercise the choice to drive. There's a place for them to park that is convenient. Now, None of [the proposed parking solutions] was done before congestion pricing. none of it. So for that reason alone, I just think that it's bad policy. But I also think that there's another way other than congestion pricing to persuade drivers to incentivize drivers to choose public transit. (44:23–44:26)

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Asserts that proposed parking solutions were not implemented before the introduction of congestion pricing.

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