I'm guessing whoever was previously indecisive about driving vs taking the train, might have been pushed over the edge by the new toll, even if it's relatively small.
It would be good to get some more data about how many people switched to trains vs cancelled their trips completely (I know there's some train ridership data in the article, but like Zvi pointed out it seems to be heavily confounded).
I'm guessing whoever was previously indecisive about driving vs taking the train, might have been pushed over the edge by the new toll, even if it's relatively small.
It would be good to get some more data about how many people switched to trains vs cancelled their trips completely (I know there's some train ridership data in the article, but like Zvi pointed out it seems to be heavily confounded).
I’ll definitely be curious to see how many trips are cancelled altogether.
I’m guessing we won’t have good data about this, but I’m also really curious about the specific kinds of trips that were impacted. Are people from NJ more likely to cancel a trip to Manhattan than people from the Bronx? How about Westchester or CT? Also curious about the nature of these trips – are they meeting up with friends or family? Getting dinner?
Maybe we can get at some of these by seeing which businesses are most impacted. E.g., if people are cancelling dinners in the city, we’d expect more restaurants to close than usual (all else equal).
I'm guessing whoever was previously indecisive about driving vs taking the train, might have been pushed over the edge by the new toll, even if it's relatively small.
It would be good to get some more data about how many people switched to trains vs cancelled their trips completely (I know there's some train ridership data in the article, but like Zvi pointed out it seems to be heavily confounded).
I’ll definitely be curious to see how many trips are cancelled altogether.
I’m guessing we won’t have good data about this, but I’m also really curious about the specific kinds of trips that were impacted. Are people from NJ more likely to cancel a trip to Manhattan than people from the Bronx? How about Westchester or CT? Also curious about the nature of these trips – are they meeting up with friends or family? Getting dinner?
Maybe we can get at some of these by seeing which businesses are most impacted. E.g., if people are cancelling dinners in the city, we’d expect more restaurants to close than usual (all else equal).