New York City commuters had mixed reactions to the dead end congestion pricing faced in Albany Monday, but supporters say they're not giving up on finding congestion solutions just yet. NY1's Lily Jamali filed the following report.

Bryan Daley makes his living selling West Indian food from a truck near City Hall.

"I take the Manhattan Bridge to get over here," says Daley.

With his work day starting around 11 in the morning he would have been hit with congestion pricing fees, if the plan had passed the state Assembly.

Had congestion pricing gone through, he says he would have had to pass that on to his customers.

"We pretty much would have to go up on almost everything. Not just one thing but everything. From the chicken to the steak, to the drinks," says Daley.

Daley wasn't the only one expressing relief at Monday's news.

"I am not happy with the subway system, so I am glad. I love driving to work," said one motorist.

But straphangers were none too pleased. In theory, the money drivers paid would have gone to improve the city's transit system.

"Especially coming from Brooklyn, it's hard, you know, just depending on the bus," said one commuter. "We only have one bus, and that is the B-51, which is not reliable at all so it would have helped a lot for the New York Transit to get more money."

"It's a bad thing because that money could have been used to improve the subway system and ease the congestion and the filth that we have down there," added another.

But city lawmakers aren't giving up just yet.

"We'll go back to the drawing board and see what else can be done," said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

What else can be done? That's a question now facing city lawmakers.

Even though congestion pricing is dead in Albany, the group Transportation Alternatives says there are things the city can do on its own that would help get cars off the street and drivers onto mass transit.

Their suggestions include the following:

• Charging more for parking;
• Widening sidewalks;
• Creating protected bus lanes;
• Creating a bike-sharing program.

"At the end of the day, we gotta do what we can. And so, reigning in parking, creating more dedicated rights of way for buses and bikes, things like bike shares," said Transportation Alternatives communications director Wiley Norvell. "All these innovations are things the city should be doing right now and to be sure that we can cut unnecessary driving and try to get out of this mess we're in somehow."

Despite their defeat, supporters of the plan say, if nothing else, it's ideas like those that have come out in the last year that have made this debate worth their while.