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Paul Sutton (zleap)
Paul Sutton (zleap)
@zleap@techhub.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

This HAS to stop

Musk's SpaceX applies to launch a million satellites into orbit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv5l24mrjmo

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#ClearSkies

BBC News

Elon Musk's SpaceX applies to launch 1m satellites into orbit

The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence.
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David Zipper
David Zipper
@davidzipper@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A strange but true finding about NYC congestion pricing:

Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.

Me, in Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/how-manhattan-s-congestion-toll-speeds-up-trips-in-the-suburbs

#nyc #congestion #manhattan #newjersey #transportation

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Bloomberg.com

Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers

NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
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David Zipper
David Zipper
@davidzipper@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A strange but true finding about NYC congestion pricing:

Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.

Me, in Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/how-manhattan-s-congestion-toll-speeds-up-trips-in-the-suburbs

#nyc #congestion #manhattan #newjersey #transportation

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Bloomberg.com

Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers

NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
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