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Metro


CONGESTION PRICING COULD COST NYC DRIVERS $15 TO ENTER MANHATTAN’S BUSIEST
STREETS

By Nolan Hicks and David Propper

Published Nov. 30, 2023, 12:08 a.m. ET


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Big Apple drivers could be on the hook for a $15 toll to travel on busy
Manhattan streets under a congestion pricing proposal expected to be filed with
MTA officials and publicly released Thursday.

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The Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB) is expected to recommend the $15 fee
for passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs driving south of 60th Street between
5 a.m. and 9 p.m. during the workweek, according to a document reviewed by The
Post.

On weekends, that amount would be assessed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Those drivers would only get hit with the toll once per day, and during peak
traffic hours, motorists traveling from the Hudson and East River tunnels would
get a $5 discount, under the plan from the TMRB, which is in charge of the
congestion pricing. 

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The figure comes as congestion pricing is expected to begin next May — the first
such program in the nation — with much of the infrastructure already in place.

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Heavy vehicle traffic sits on the FDR Drive at E81st Street in Manhattan.
Drivers going on the FDR Drive and West Side Highway would not be charged a
toll. Christopher Sadowski
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The Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB) is expected to recommend the $15 fee
for passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs driving south of 60th Street between
5 a.m. and 9 p.m. during the workweek REUTERS

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MTA and other mass transit officials have argued the additional tolling to
travel on some of the city’s most backed-up streets would reduce traffic and
infuse billions of dollars into the cash-strapped agency. But some have
complained it’s another fee drivers will need to pay and could divert traffic
and pollution into outer boroughs.

Motorcyclists would be charged $7.50 during the day while trucks would be
slapped with a higher cost — somewhere between $24 and $36 depending on their
size.

After 9 p.m. every night, toll rates would drop by 75%.

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Low-income vehicle owners would receive a 50% discount on the daytime toll after
the 10 trips into the congestion pricing area made by that vehicle per month.

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Low-income vehicle owners would receive a 50% discount on the daytime toll after
the 10 trips into the congestion pricing area made by that vehicle per month.
Artem – stock.adobe.com
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The figure comes as congestion pricing is expected to begin next May — the first
such program in the nation — with much of the infrastructure already in place.
Stephen Yang

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While taxis and for-hire vehicles will be exempt from the charge, riders will
need to fork up some additional cash. Taxi passengers will be charged $1.25 and
those being ushered in an Uber or Lyft will be charged $2.50.

Drivers going on the FDR Drive and West Side Highway would not be charged a
toll.

Buses and other commuter vehicles would also be exempt, as well as government
vehicles.

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Morning commuter traffic lines up on the Long Island Expressway towards the
entrance to the Queens Midtown Tunnel into Manhattan on Aug. 15, 2022. Stephen
Yang

As revelations of the potential toll came out Wednesday night, Gov. Kathy
Hochul’s office said in a statement she was “carefully reviewing” the proposal.

“Gov. Hochul has been clear from the start: congestion pricing is critical to
New York’s future, delivering better transit, cleaner air and less traffic
clogging our streets,” a spokesman said. “The governor has said repeatedly that
$23 is too expensive for the central business district tolls, and is carefully
reviewing the recommendations of the Traffic Mobility Review Board.”

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While New York’s congestion toll is supposed to get the green light soon, it
still faces legal challenges.

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Motorists traveling from the Hudson and East River tunnels would get a $5
discount, under the plan from the TMRB, which is in charge of the congestion
pricing.  AP
What do you think? Post a comment.

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and other Garden State officials sued the MTA
earlier this year, alleging the federal government improperly allowed the
transit agency to do an expedited review of the potential environmental and
economic costs of the toll.

MTA officials have scoffed at that suggestion, noting the expedited
environmental review still took more than two years to wrap up and includes more
than 4,000 pages.


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