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MTA to begin congestion pricing in NYC on Sunday, despite New Jersey's pushback

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will start congestion pricing tolling in New York City on Sunday, despite New Jersey officials' claims against the plan.
New Jersey officials are seeking an injunction to stop congestion pricing, claiming they deserve a fair share.
MTA lawyers stated that nothing in the ruling specifically blocks the start of congestion pricing.
The congestion pricing plan will proceed with a 40 percent reduction in the originally proposed toll cost.

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Reason

New Jersey makes one last desperate attempt at sabotaging congestion pricing in New York City

Charging drivers a price for using congested, currently free roadways is near-universally accepted as the only surefire way to eliminate gridlock traffic. The endless drama over New York's implementation of "congestion tolls" to be charged to drivers entering lower Manhattan is a case study of how a good policy in theory can be undone by broken regulatory processes and toxic practical politics. Late on New Year's Eve, New Jersey asked a federal …

2 months ago·United States

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The Globe & Mail

I’ll pay to drive with NYC’s new congestion charge – but I consider it a bargain

The debate is often focused on the harm it would cause suburban commuters. What’s never considered are the residents of Manhattan, where I’ve lived for nearly 25 years

2 months ago·Canada

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trains.com

Following court ruling, Manhattan congestion pricing set to begin

The area covered by New York’s congestion pricing plan, set to begin Sunday, Jan. 5. MTA NEW YORK — Manhattan’s congestion pricing program is set to begin Sunday, Jan. 5, following a ruling by a federal court judge in New Jersey — although the parties on either side of the lawsuit involved disagree whether the ruling allows that to happen. The congestion pricing plan, which will charge a $9 toll for most vehicles entering lower Manhattan, will …

2 months ago

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arcamax.com

New Jersey files last-minute legal bid to derail NYC congestion pricing

NEW YORK — The fate of New York’s congestion pricing plan is once again up in the air, as the state of New Jersey has filed for a last-minute injunction to stop the MTA toll set to begin in Midtown and lower Manhattan on Sunday. Attorneys for...

2 months ago

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

New Jersey asks judge to delay Manhattan congestion pricing plan

NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey have asked a federal judge to block New York's plan to begin charging drivers to enter Manhattan's busiest roadways starting Sunday. Read full story

2 months ago·Malaysia

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NBC New York

New Jersey makes another legal challenge to stop NYC congestion pricing at 11th hour

The legal battle over New York’s congestion pricing is not over yet, thanks to neighboring New Jersey. Federal Judge Leo Gordon has set a Friday 3 p.m. hearing in Newark — just 33 hours before congestion pricing is presently scheduled to begin — to consider a Temporary Restraining Order filed by the state of New Jersey. Garden State officials and attorneys who’ve argued that Bergen County and other areas west of the Hudson will suffer environm…

2 months ago·New York, United States

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