"We're really excited to see that there has been a demonstrable uptick in the number of on-time and early arrivals at our schools," said Varun Adibhatla, NYCSBUS's lead data analyst. "It's such an interesting natural experiment with congestion pricing, because it changes people's behaviors, and you get to see the changes in the urban environment. We were all nerd-ing out about all the different ways that congestion pricing could affect service."
"Our routes are really tailored around the special-needs students, and that's why we care so much about the service that we're providing," said Karunya Sabapathy, an environmental justice fellow at the bus company. The congestion pricing effects, she added, help the company with their overall goal. "Our thinking is, if roads have less cars, that makes it safer for both the drivers and the kids, and we can be more reliably on time."
NYCSBUS, a bus company that relies heavily on data, found that in the first full week of congestion pricing, bus speeds were up, early arrivals were up, and late arrivals were down in Manhattan below 60th Street, the so-called "congestion relief zone" where drives must pay $9 to enter in peak hours.
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