
So I say bring on the conversation any day," Hochul said. The fight against the MTA’s proposed congestion pricing program rages on. "If my political opponent would rather raise taxes on New Yorkers to pay for this or shut down the subway, I'm not sure what his alternatives are, but we're trying to have a very thoughtful approach to deal with all those above issues. The governor insisted the MTA desperately needs the money. "We want to encourage people to take public transportation," Hochul said. She said it's about improving the environment and getting cars off the road. The governor defended the need for the MTA to collect the $1 billion a year that congestion pricing will provide for transit upgrades. Kathy Hochul to debate congestion pricing. Aug 10 (Reuters) - New York City could introduce a traffic congestion charge of up to 23 a day late next year, which a study released on Wednesday projected would reduce the number of cars. People should not be loitering," Zeldin said.

If there are more exemptions, officials said, the base rate would likely be higher. "One of the best ways to get more money into the MTA is for more people to love the MTA and to feel safe on the MTA, to be satisfied with the service. de Cerreño, the M.T.A.’s deputy chief operating officer, has said at public meetings that rates were expected to range from 9 to 23 for passenger vehicles using the E-ZPass toll system, with possible discounts overnight or during off-peak hours. The report suggests car traffic could be reduced by as much as 20 percent and truck traffic anywhere from 21 percent to 81 percent.
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Translation: New Jersey drivers who use the tunnels would probably not pay anything extra, which would certainly appease New Jersey politicians.īy law, congestion pricing must raise $1 billion per year to improve mass transit, with 80 percent earmarked for subways and buses and 10 percent each for Metro-North and the LIRR. READ MORE: New Jersey bill offers incentives to "Stay in Jersey" and combat NYC's congestion pricing

Federal government will likely approve the plan in 30 days. Tolls expected to generate 1 billion in revenue a year. Motorists entering the heart of Manhattan would pay an extra 9 to 23 under the long-delayed congestion-pricing plan, which may finally take effect by the end of 2023, according to an.
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Schwartz, who talks regularly with MTA officials, said he expects that members of the Traffic Mobility Panel, who will set the tolls and have been offered eight different scenarios in the report, will give drivers a credit for the tolls they pay to use the four bridges that flow into the Central Business District - the Holland and Lincoln tunnels, plus the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Drivers in Manhattan May Pay Congestion Pricing as Soon as April 2024.

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