Nicholas Goldberg: If it costs $23 to enter Manhattan by car, is that fair to lower-income drivers?
New York City is moving forward on a "congestion pricing" plan under which people will have to pay a fee to drive into midtown or downtown Manhattan — virtually everything below 60th Street. The goal is to clear traffic and cut emissions by reducing the number of cars in the heart of the crowded city.
That's a great goal. Midtown Manhattan in particular has been a teeming, overloaded mess my whole life, a sea of honking cabs and trucks and cars carrying workers, tourists and commuters through often-gridlocked streets.
Discouraging driving while encouraging mass transit use is the right
