New York City's Congestion Pricing Is Speeding Up Ambulances: A New Study Links the Policy to Better Survival Odds

New York City's congestion pricing toll program was designed to reduce traffic and fund transit improvements. A study published Monday by six academics for the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the policy cut ambulance travel times by 63–70 seconds. In cardiac arrest cases, each minute represents a 7–10% difference in survival odds, making these time reductions potentially life-saving.