Talking Transportation 2024
Kathy Hochul Congestion pricing

Congestion Pricing Returns with a $9 Toll to Get Into Midtown Manhattan

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Heading to New York City? Take the train, because driving is going to become even more expensive: the New York plan for “congestion pricing” is back! As everyone predicted last June when New York Gov. Kathy Hochul suspended plans for a $15 toll for driving into midtown Manhattan, she has now reversed her decision. She is now proposing a $9 charge for passenger cars ($2.25 off-peak, and $14.40 for small trucks). It seems ironic that New York City doesn’t control its own mass transit system, but that responsibility is left to the state.

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Where NY Gov’s Abrupt Turnaround on Congestion Pricing Really Has an Impact: Financing Upgrades

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What was she thinking? Just 25 days before implementation, why did New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pull the plug on New York City’s congestion pricing scheme in a move one pundit called “the perfect clash of governmental incompetence meets political malpractice.”

Five years in the planning and studied over and over again, congestion pricing would have charged drivers of the 700,000 vehicles that enter Manhattan each day below 60th Street for the privilege: $15 for a car, $24 to $36 for a truck. In addition to easing gridlock, the plan would also raise $1 billion a year for the cash-strapped MTA to repair and improve mass transit. That’s a win-win. Just weeks ago Hochul was in Europe touting congestion pricing as the “better way” to save New York City.

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MTA Asks Riders to Take a 15-Minute Survey to Improve Service

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking customers to fill out a survey to help improve service. The MTA includes Metro-North and New York subways and buses. Here’s the announcement:

Help us improve your commute! The MTA is conducting the Spring 2024 Customers Count survey and we want to hear from you! The new, streamlined survey will help us improve service for all of our customers.