"NYC Car Ownership Declines"
Source: Transporation Alternatives Magazine, Spring 2004
Excerpt: [New York] City car ownership peaked at 2.04 million in 2000, but fell to 1.94 million last year in 2003, despite population growth. Experts blame the economy, sky-high insurance prices, spiraling gas costs and the increasing nightmare of finding parking spots. Basic car insurance in New York City can cost as much as $1,600 a year, and much more for younger motorists.
"Group Opposed to Drive Tax Sees Drop in Traffic"
Source: The New York Sun, May 17, 2007
Excerpt: The Coalition to Keep NYC Congestion-Tax Free, a group of businesses, civic, and automobile associations that is funded largely by the Metropolitan Parking Association, finds the number of automobiles and trucks driving into Manhattan each day declined by about 3.5% between 1998 and 2004, while the number of people using mass transit to travel into Midtown rose by 10%.
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