A new report from The New York Times has revealed the city’s plan for congestion pricing.
Cars and SUVs would be charged $15 once a day to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Trucks will be paying $24 or $36 depending on the size.
Motorcyclists will only be paying $7.50, according to the report.
The FDR Drive, West Side Highway and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel will be exempt from congestion pricing. Taxis and rideshares will also be exempt, although a surcharge will be passed on to customers.
Commuters buses will also be exempt, the report said.
Low-income New Yorkers will get half off congestion pricing, according to the report, but only after their first 10 trips every month. If you drive between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., you’ll get a 75% discount if you’re driving into New York City.
Local lawmakers weighed in on the report Wednesday night, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
“As a conceptual matter, I support congestion pricing, as long as it is structured in a way that is fair to all sides. This plan is neither fair nor equitable,” he said.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) was also critical of the plan as it was outlined in the report.
“As advertised, New York is officially sticking it to Jersey families with their commuter-crushing Congestion Tax. On top of the existing tolls, it’ll be 15 bucks every day to go into the city with no discounts at the GW Bridge — thousands of dollars a year just to drive to work,” he said.
The Traffic Mobility Review Board, the advisory panel that wrote the report, told The New York Times that the plan is a “huge step forward.”
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Tax and spend Dems are destroying NYC !
This goes against their false manufactured grievances, the "Woke" narrative is dying.
Increasing living costs have meant that most De0Rat cities have become so more expensive to live in – but some Sheeple get hit harder than others.
That $15 will be $50 in five years or less.
It is just another form of tax on the low information Sheeple... See the pattern ?
"We" the all BLUE Dems can’t control costs or spending so let’s just charge tax paying middle citizens more & more. Migrant invaders, toll evaders and scofflaws will not pay only you.
No money for police, fire, schools, libraries, sanitation, parks but plenty of funding to install infrastructure to pick your pocket.
Another nail in NYC's coffin
The left would tax the air you breathe if they could. Oh wait they do, carbon tax, etc.
Couldn't care less . I have no plans on ever driving to or using public transportation to enter NYC....it's nothing but a cesspool anyway . Furthermore there is nothing there I need that Nassau or Suffolk County does not have , plus they are a lot safer !!!!!
How much more can I take from you so I can fake give to others? How much more can I bloat the Board of Education without actually teaching students, How much more can we feed the MTA without actually enforcing fare beaters? How much more can we invest in the criminal justice system without actually arresting people or holding anyone accountable for their crimes?How much money can we siphon to pay for migrants to keep them comfortable at the expense and peril of our working taxpayers? Welcome to the Hochul & Adams clown shows the greatest Dem scams on earth!!
Low IQ's are in charge of NY government...
Can't happen soon enough. This will be the best thing to happen to Manhattan since Central Park was created.
Only $15? That’s a bargain. All that over $15?
Jeeeez
With any luck it’ll keep a lot of Jersey drivers out.
Another reason to work from home.
I wonder often on why the indoctrinated Sheeple keep voting for this Woke Crap over and over again in Dem0rAt Shitehole cities. Why ? Why? Why ? Green New Deal my ass... This plan moves the air pollution from NYC to other areas. It's a money grab.
I wonder often on why the indoctrinated Sheeple keep voting for this Woke Crap over and over again in Dem0rAt Shitehole cities. Why ? Why? Why ? Green New Deal my ass... This plan moves the air pollution from NYC to other areas. It's a money grab.
These stupid Wokies wreaking financial havoc are just fanatics wrapped up in Climate lies.
Communist war on cars, they are also removing 8 parking spaces per street intersection. Part II of this shit is called "daylighting" Its a communist tactic they did in Belgium, Amsterdam and Sweden to discourage private car ownership by making parking impossible.
Its all a tactic to force people on to public transportation. A system that is total shit.
As in forcing people to integrate, get intimate in a packed subway care or bus with with the most disgusting people, and worst already overcrowded system on the planet.
The MTA will never fix this system, 1: Its dominantly run and operated by blacks who just as stupid as the mayor.
Two: Its impossible because their are simply too many people for the amount tracks and roads the busses ride on. Until they can tunnel more track, stations or put wings on trains and busses (to fly over the streets) its not happening.
The bastards know all this, its simply a war on private ownership of cars&SUVs. Note how yellow cabs only pay $1.25 but note how Ubers and others will pay triple that fee.
Too much exhaust fumes? Then why no break for electric cars proving what a bunch of hypocrites they are too.
I'm keeping my trucks, I have no need to go to Manhattan.
I tell you one thing, the theatre district is going to be wiped out. No non multi millionaire working class stiff wants to pay an already overpriced $600-$1200+ for a family of 4 (to see a Broadway play, Radio City Christmas show via riding the subway with commie protesters, nutters, drunks, felons, killers and homeless or paying this shakedown.
And that's exactly is what this is, a SOCIALIST SHAKEDOWN
-Ned
www,nra.org
So the scumbag elitist Manhattan asswipes finally got what they wanted, Manhattan for Manhattan residents only. Manhattan is the hive and we're just worker bees I guess?
This is going to come back and bite them on the ass one day.
"How much more can we feed the MTA without actually enforcing fare beaters?"
People don't understand civics. They need to get out and vote the democrat lawmaker bastards up in Albany out of office. This allowing cops, judges and DAs to lock criminals up.
This is the only way to restore order.
This no bail, dropping charges and blaming crime on "poor black criminals of poverty" has been a complete failure.
Lock them all up, at lest give them orange jackets and make them clean vomit, dogshit, sweep the streets and parks as punishment !!
"FDR Drive, West Side Highway and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel will be exempt from congestion pricing." This would be workable if there was also an exempt cross-town highway. If you get off the West Side Highway to go to the Javits, will you pay if you only stay at the Javits? If they don't, they will have to move the Javits to Jamaica. Same with FDR and hospitals. Did you know all the major NYC med schools first started on the Bellevue campus? And curious, does the $15 include (now equalized) bridge/tunnel tolls? Is this just another way to rename the tolls so the feds can be tricked to give funds because it deals with "congestion"?
Punative?
Punitive for rich car totalitarians only who can't be seen with the working class on public transportation.
@"Low IQ's are in charge of NY government..."
Spoken by a low IQ Trumpanzee.
https://www.6sqft.com/a-1924-proposal-would-have-drained-the-entire-east-river-to-reduce-congestion/
@ "rich car totalitarians" Are you posting drunk again or just stupid ?
But, But, But, driving on sidewalks with motorcycles, double parking, cars crossing a double yellow line, going through red lights, speeding, doesn't get you a ticket. He Mayor Swagger is suddenly worried about parking spaces. Yeah, we know what that's about.
It's time to give out Jaywalking tickets. That will save lives....
NYS State law already makes it illegal to park within 20 feet of a crosswalk, but the regulation is widely ignored and often goes unenforced just like many many many laws already on the books in the all Blue controlled Woke Shitehole cities.
Wake up Sheeple #AGENDA2030
Who does Adams think he is, Ghandi?
Next Adams is going after people who stand in the street waiting for the lights to change. Adams told CNN that people know the law is to stand on the sidewalk NOT the street. If we save just one life.
Unbelievable, another phase of NYC's war on vehicles.
How about giving out free bullet proof vest for NYC resident to prevent needless death from random shootings?
More people would be safe if he made a priority of enforcing the laws for all the bikes & scooters that zoom around like the streets are their personal playgrounds.
Although it's true some drivers are a menace to the road, that is not true of the majority of drivers. He needs to admit many people get hit by cars because they don't know how to cross a street. They walk around like they are in a park on a Sunday stroll. Instead of safety planters, a better use for that money would be to run a public service campaign to remind pedestrians how to pay attention when crossing the street.
Saw a dude on a scooter in a world of pain two days ago. He was laid out on the street. A guy in a large black SUV was trying to console him. Pretty sure the scooter rider regretted his decision to ride.
While I don't wish injuries on anyone, I am not surprised he was hit. Moreover, I would not be surprised if he was driving like a moron. I expect way more accidents and fatalities.
Soon you will be reading about kids being killed because the NYPD also allows parents to drive them on scooters - often without helmets. Just a matter of time...
Woke LibTurds are always looking for ways to make New Yorkers more miserable than they are.
Prove Me Wrong...
We don't want you to park illegally, but if you cross the border illegally, we want you.
Listen to Me said...
I have a idea Maybe NYC should stop messing around w/ the parking police - and make it ILLEGAL to STEAL. Just saying...
Dollars to donuts those Citibikes will be in the void created for so called "safety space" in NO time at all...
If it doesn’t sound good to you, vote all republican. There are very clear choices in 2024. Get things fixed with the republicans or keep going downhill with liberals/democrats.
Darwin is shaking his head. 90% of the problems we have today are because we made the edges of the world too soft and morons are breeding and voting democrat.
Again the obnoxious Quasi Marxist Freaks on the Left get another win against the Middle Class.
I'd like to know if this is instead of or in addition to crossing tolls?
Are they going to put up toll booths & parking lots at 60th Street?
Liberals Have NO ANSWERS
DUH Sheeple, it is all being done on purpose. You know that, right?
If you oppose this plan the left will call you racist.
"Can't happen soon enough"
You’re just a class reductionist!
And how will they determine who is "low income"? Are they going to ask everyone to submit pay stubs in order to get this reduced fee? And how long will that take to determine this reduced fee? Will they have to hire more workers to look at these paystubs? This is useless
@ "Tax and spend Dems are destroying NYC !"
Yes, and they are always spreading nuggets of nonsense from the neighborhood of the make believe!
Only Trump can save us.
@"If you oppose this plan the left will call you racist."
Are you?
@"DUH Sheeple, it is all being done on purpose. You know that, right?"
Of course it is. You hardly think all of this is going to be put together by accident?
@"Liberals Have NO ANSWERS"
Have you got a question?
Congestion procing is an answer to a few different problems.
1. Too much traffic in Manhattan.
2. Too many cars on the road.
3. Too many bad drivers.
4. No police enforcement.
5. Underfunded public transportation.
@"Again the obnoxious Quasi Marxist Freaks on the Left get another win against the Middle Class."
If it was free it would be Marxist. Charging for entry is 100% capitalist.
Are you a communist?
@"Saw a dude on a scooter in a world of pain two days ago. He was laid out on the street. A guy in a large black SUV was trying to console him. Pretty sure the scooter rider regretted his decision to ride"
All the more reason to ban these oversized tanks in the city. Murder on wheels.
Send them to Gaza to help defend against Israeli terrorism.
@"That $15 will be $50 in five years or less."
Excellent!
@"Woke LibTurds are always looking for ways to make New Yorkers more miserable than they are."
I thought whining Trump Turds already did that.
Anyway, this will improve the loves of most New Yorkers, except car totalitarians.
Sad ...
@"And how will they determine who is "low income"? "
90% of New Yorkers.
Speaks volumes of the electorate in NY. AOC, Shummer, Goldman, Nadler. What a ship of fools!
Brace yourselves. It's only going to get worse w/ Adams slashing the budget and services. You may want to vote Republican next time.
And how will they determine who is "low income"?
Bidenomics = gaslighting
Border security = gaslighting
Biden is fine = gaslighting
The emperor has no clothes.
DOT will solve this with more bike lanes!
""how will they determine who is "low income"?
Usually: Like free internet & Obama phones all you need is on of these 3: be on NYCHA welfare, NY State SNAP or Medicaid card.
You give your ID, go through a short verification process and your in for free stuff.
The only thing you cant have a new car or have more then $1450 in the bank, it will disqualify you. (unless your pregnant or disabled)
@"If you oppose this plan the left will call you racist."
No, it's anti-Semitism.
This is nothing but a regressive tax!
It's not about "climate" or "transit", it's just about making vehicle ownership as onerous as possible.
Death by a thousand cuts.
My entire family never votes, if this $15 Toll/Tax goes in to effect we are all voting Republican.
People who have the option to avoid paying the toll - those who come into the city for school, entertainment, medical visits, restaurants, shopping, Broadway, museums, etc. will find those equivalents outside of the central business district or outside of the metro area.
Once that new pattern is established, the customer almost never comes back.
A Conspiracy of Control ?
NYC is now Left La La Land !
Wrath of the woke TA zealots !
"How will they determine who is "low income"?"
Very easy, they are experts in social justice.
My fair share of someone's money is zero !
The city is broke fool !!!
Got a lotta mouths to fed now !
Chocolate Milk FOR ALL !!!
Quote: "My entire family never votes, if this $15 Toll/Tax goes in to effect we are all voting Republican"
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You should be voting republican anyway, these socialist bastards must be stopped from doing any more damage.
Don't forget voting all the woke lawmakers up in Albany out of is office equally important because, most these lawmakers are the bastards tying up all the police, judges and cops hands.
The legislature, meaning al these "STATE" senators and Assembly people
--and after all this bullshit and crime these people still refuse to send any bills to the governors desk to restore law and order.
These people set the guidelines for bail, jail, judges, what's a crime and what's not an offence the requires bail. DA, prosecutors and judges must follow.
They are nearly all special interest, young stupid woke or 2: Trash black democrats with felons in the family or had family members in jail.
The police and working class in NYC have ZERO representation, meanwhile criminals and illegals have carte blanch to do anything they want.
-Ned
www.nra.org
@ "Spoken by a low IQ Trumpanzee"
Trolls like you suffer from Terminal TDS.
May you merit to be saved from your Ob0macare psychiatrist but if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.
@"May you merit to be saved from your Ob0macare psychiatrist but if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor."
What language is this? Were you homeschooled?
@"A Conspiracy of Control ?"
Ask QAnon.
Sheeple meltdown in 3 2 1... Remember you voted for this NY !
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