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NYC RIDESHARE, TAXI PASSENGERS BRACING WALLETS FOR DOUBLE-BARREL FEES AS DRIVERS
WORRY ABOUT INCOME CRASH: ‘GONNA KILL US’ 

By Georgett Roberts, Griffin Eckstein, Craig McCarthy and Chris Nesi

Published March 29, 2024, 7:17 p.m. ET

We’re about to get taken for a ride — twice!

Big Apple taxi passengers have been quietly paying a congestion price fee for
years — and now another fee is about to be piled on when the full pricing plan
comes into effect this summer, The Post has learned.

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The double-barrel cash grab could add more than $5 to many rides — and drivers
are fearing their income is about to crash.

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The double-barrel cash grab could add more than $5 to many rides. REUTERS

“The one they put on years ago is hurting the business. It’s gonna be worse
now,” said Destiny Maduka, a father of two who’s driven a hack for 22 years.

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“This one they are adding is gonna kill us.”

Since 2019, every yellow cab ride has had a $2.50 congestion fee slapped on —
while trips using app-based car services such as Uber and Lyft, have had a $2.75
fee.

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The toll applies to any non-shared trip that starts, ends, or travels through
Manhattan south of 96th Street.

Now, the final phase of the controversial new congestion pricing plan will stack
an additional fee of $1.25 on traditional cabs and and $2.50 on app-based rides.


WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT CONGESTION PRICING

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 * These rates apply during peak hours, 5 am-9 pm weekdays, 9 am – 9 pm
   weekends. During other times, tolls are lowers to $2.75 for passenger
   vehicles, $6 for small trucks, $9 for large trucks, and $1.75 for
   motorcycles. Other rates remain the same.
 * Emergency vehicles, school buses, specialized government vehicles and
   vehicles carrying people with disabilities are exempt.
 * Drivers crossing into Manhattan using a tolled tunnel get a $5 discount.

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This could lead to a total fee as high as $5.25 for rides starting or passing
through the affected parts of Manhattan.

The latest phase of congestion pricing is set to kick in by mid-June, which will
formally impose the bitterly contested $15 toll hike for all cars entering
Manhattan below 60th Street during daytime hours.

Cabs will not have to pay the $15 fee, but riders will foot the bill for the
smaller, double-barrel ride fees for any ride that traverses the designated
zones, an MTA spokesperson told The Post Friday.

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The latest phase of congestion pricing is set to kick in by mid-June, which will
introduce a $15 toll hike for all cars entering Manhattan below 60th Street
during daytime hours. Christopher Sadowski

Drivers say the multiple layers of fees will be hard on an industry still
finding its post-pandemic footing.

Maduka said the added pressure makes him want to “run away from New York.”

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“New York is not for people like us anymore,” he said with a laugh.

Another cab driver, Abdul Isaiah, said he’s still feeling the effects of the
2019 surcharge.

“I lost customers and never got them back. Even up to today customers are
talking about it because they feel it too,” the married father of four told The
Post.

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“I heard they are going to enforce another one and we are still complaining
about the last one. I didn’t think it was right then and I don’t think it’s
right now.”

Most Uber drivers The Post approached Friday declined to comment, but one who
didn’t want to share his name said any increased pressure on their bottom line
would be hard to bear.

“We already don’t make that much money in general, and it’s gonna be bad for
Uber Drivers. We’re gonna have less passengers,” the driver said.

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Despite the fees, ridesharing behemoth Uber has unapologetically endorsed the
Big Apple’s congestion toll proposal.

“Congestion that slows travel times and frustrates riders and drivers is bad for
business. In fact, our top cities are ones where robust public transportation
options serve as the backbone of a daily commute,” Uber wrote in a company blog
post last year.

The MTA on Friday told the post that the current cab fees have raised a
significant amount of money for the authority, which has been spent to upgrade
mass transit.

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The fees have raised nearly $1.5 billion from 2019 to 2023, and have gone toward
the MTA’s Subway Action Plan and outer borough train service, they said.

What do you think? Post a comment.

The New York State Legislature signed the congestion pricing plan into law in
2019, mandating that the program must raise $1 billion each year to help fund
improvements to the city’s public transit system to help it better serve its
nearly 4 million daily riders.


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