Will a $9 Congestion-Pricing Toll Yield Enough Money to Fix the Subway?
Slashing the original $15 toll raises questions about whether a smaller revenue stream could delay projects or lead to higher costs for New York’s public transit agency.
Can Trump stop congestion pricing? What to know about the revived Manhattan toll
Like midtown Manhattan’s bumper-to-bumper traffic, the long journey of New York’s congestion pricing plan has been marked by starts and stops, culminating with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement Thursday that the new tolls will finally take effect on January 5th.
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Hochul’s congestion-pricing fails reveal incompetence — or a long con
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s botch of the toll to drive into core Manhattan is so epic, you must wonder: Is she this bad at politics, or is she doing it on purpose?
Congestion pricing: Kathy Hochul wants MTA to back a $9 toll, down from $15
Kathy Hochul plans to revive a controversial congestion pricing plan for drivers entering Manhattan at 60 th Street and below by knocking $6 off the $15 toll she rejected in June. The new $9 toll would need to be approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board at a meeting next week.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's revised congestion pricing plan would lower main toll to $9
The governor had put the plan on pause in June just before the originally proposed toll of $15 was set to take effect.
Gov. Hochul to relaunch congestion pricing with $9 base toll, sources say
Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to relaunch the MTA’s congestion pricing program with a $9 base toll for passenger cars — marking a 40% reduction from the price previously approved by the MTA — according to four sources briefed on the governor’s plan.
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MTA, PANYNJ offering substitute service while completing major rail infrastructure work
MTA’s A and S lines will undergo critical resiliency and rehabilitation work this winter while PANYNJ is closing the PATH ...
NYC congestion pricing set for vote: Details on tolls, hours, exemptions and more
The governor pumped the brakes on the first plan back in June, saying the original $15 toll was just too much for people to ...
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MTA to vote on congestion pricing; NJ commuters to face $9 fee
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is holding a meeting today to vote on the proposed congestion pricing plan, ...
NYC’s Revised Congestion Proposal Would Raise Fee to $15 by 2031
New York City transit officials are set to vote Monday on a revised toll program that would charge most motorists $9 to drive ...
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Demolition of downtown LA storage building set to begin for Union Station expansion
The $2.3 billion overhaul will expand the width of the existing crowded passageway beneath the station's rail yard by 140 ...
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SALT cap will be raised but not ended under Trump, Ritchie Torres predicts
The Republican Party’s takeover of the federal government means that the cap on state and local tax deductions, widely ...
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MTA sets four-month closure of A Train to Rockaway Peninsula, outlines alternatives
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will offer free shuttle buses, a shuttle train service, and discounted Long Island Rail Road fares during an upcoming closure of the subway A train to the ...
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‘Streets to Sustainability’ – Our Neighbors Place partners with Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority combatting homelessness
The opening of Our Neighbor’s Place overflow homeless shelter has given the shelter a single location but raises questions ...
Finalist: Teddy Low
Teddy Low is the senior deputy county counsel with the Los Angeles Office of County Counsel, advising the Los Angeles County ...
New York governor revives congestion pricing to renewed Jersey opposition
The New York governor's new plan calls for a $9 congestion toll to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. New Jersey ...