Governor Kathy Hochul rallying to support congestion pricing at Union Square on December 5, one day before the MTA Board’s full vote on suggested tolls below 60th St. The final tally was 9-1 in favor, with a $15 base levy holding steady. ( Photo via Governor Kathy Hochul on X.com) MTA Board OKs Recommended Congestion Pricing Tolls; Public Will Now Have Its Say Congestion pricing has come one step closer to reality, after the full MTA board overwhelmingly voted for toll recommendations... News Alert 06 Dec 2023 | 07:18
Carl Weisbrod, chair of the MTA’s Traffic Mobility Board, helms a Nov. 30 briefing on the toll rate recommendations the board has arrived at for congestion pricing. ( Photo via MTA Live) Congestion Pricing Board Wants $15 Base Toll, Mayor Adams Wants More Debate The MTA’s Traffic Mobility Board is recommending a baseline toll of $15 for drivers entering the congestion pricing zone–or... News 06 Dec 2023 | 10:29
The congestion pricing zone is set, but not the price motorists will have to pay to enter anywhere in Manhattan below 60th Street starting next spring. An MTA committee is mulling prices and exemptions prior to the new toll going into effect. Photo: Community Board 8 Congestion Pricing Details Begin to Emerge as MTA Committee Wrestles with Exemptions The daily struggle just to get subway and bus riders from here to there can easily overshadow the MTA’s new push for a larger... News 10 Oct 2023 | 05:58
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference on the final federal sign-off for congestion pricing, potentially set to go into effect next spring. The Federal Highway Administration’s environmental review was concluded this week, effectively green-lighting the plan. ( Photo via Governor Kathy Hochul on Twitter ) Final Congestion Pricing Approval Sparks Joy For NY Politicians & Fury From Jerseyans Congestion pricing seems to be well and finalized, for real this time. The Federal Highway Administration’s official environmental... News 07 Jul 2023 | 09:23
The congestion zone that will be impacted by the Central Business Tolling Program (known as “congestion pricing”). May 30th updates on discounts, an environmental review, and a Small Business Task Force have done little to soothe Upper East Side residents infuriated by the plan. ( Photo via Community Board 8) UES Residents Opposing Congestion Pricing Seethe At Plan Updates During CB8 Task Force Meeting Congestion pricing debate is still roiling UES residents, proving the road to final implementation will be a very bumpy ride.... News 01 Jun 2023 | 10:58
Congestion pricing, which supporters say will cut traffic jams and improve air quality, is moving closer to reality but it still has critics who call it an unfair double tax on commuters. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Congestion Pricing: It Could Be Here By This Time Next Year After MTA, Feds OK Plans The political gridlock that has stalled congestion pricing in Manhattan for more than four years may, finally, be clearing.... News 12 May 2023 | 12:49
Manhattan’s Central Business District, where drivers will be subject to new tolls. Map via the MTA A Congestion Pricing Primer Excessive traffic may become little more than a distant memory in much of Manhattan, if congestion pricing plans prove to... News 26 Oct 2022 | 03:54
CB8’s Congestion Pricing Task Force met via Zoom on Thursday night. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Qualms With Congestion Pricing New Yorkers have major qualms with congestion pricing. That much became overwhelmingly clear on Thursday evening during Community... News 07 Oct 2022 | 03:28
CB7 transportation committee chair Howard Yaruss (left), was joined at the forum by Ed Pincar, Rachel Weinberger and Charles Komanoff (l to r). ( Photo: Jason Cohen) UWS: Nix on Paying for Parking Permits Residents on the Upper West Side are tired of being seen as numbers. Analytics aside, they are people, not cash cows. “You... Voices 04 Nov 2019 | 12:07
