I always thought congestion pricing was always mis-priced, and it should be tied to income/wealth.
The only way to do this is to let the poor apply and get free electronic tokens and get that missing 43k back.
fyi - my MD can easily manage a 10x the mid-town tolls
NYC has a low-income discount system: https://new.mta.info/tolls/congestion-relief-zone/discounts-...
But also, the money is going to fund public transit, which disproportionately benefits poorer people.
I remember reading a few weeks back that UK is getting the railroads back to public ownership - not sure if that is true, but would like to hear from UK readers on the impact of financialization (aka privatizing) of public utilities.
I am not a fan of public ownership - but a supported of public subsidies for utilities - transport / electricity / heat / water and in this case roads