New York’s Transit Agency Approves $9 Congestion Pricing Toll
- The MTA board approved Governor Kathy Hochul's revised congestion pricing plan, which includes a $9 toll for E-ZPass users driving into Manhattan south of 60th Street.
- The new program is set to start at midnight on January 5, 2025, but still needs federal approval.
- The toll will increase to $12 from 2028 to 2030 and reach $15 in 2031, as part of efforts to reduce traffic and pollution.
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MTA board approves congestion tolling plan for Manhattan
The area covered by New York’s congestion pricing plan. MTA NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has approved the revised congestion tolling plan announced last week by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. In a meeting on Monday, Nov. 18, the board approved a plan that will launch the toll plan for lower Manhattan with a basic peak-hours toll of $9, while raising it to $15 — the fee under the original plan — by 2031. All tolls at la…
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MTA board approves Democrat Gov. Hochul’s massive NYC congestion pricing toll reboot
close Video Hochul announces ‘indefinite pause’ to NYC congestion pricing program New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that she directed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to “indefinitely pause” the controversial congestion pricing program slated to launch on June 30. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing program for Midtown and Lower Manhattan on Monday, in …
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing program for Midtown and Lower Manhattan on Monday, in a 12-1 vote. Congestion pricing would commence in January, and institute a video-enforced toll on newly-built gantries surrounding the city’s core. Traffic moving below 60th Street and Central Park, and entering from New Jersey, Brooklyn or Queens — except for via the RFK Triboro Bridge an…
MTA Votes 12–1 in Favor of NYC Congestion Pricing With $9 Tolls
NEW YORK—After a public hearing, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted 12–1 to approve New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision last week to implement congestion pricing, with $9 tolls instead of the $15 originally envisioned, beginning in January 2025. Starting on Jan. 5, commuters who drive into Manhattan below 60th Street will pay a $9 toll. This rate will be in effect through 2027, after which the fare will incr…
MTA Approves Adjusted Congestion Pricing
(New York, NY) – The MTA board has voted to approve the new version of congestion pricing, by a 12-to-1 margin. This after New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced her intention to “un-pause” the Manhattan tolling program, beginning January 5, 2025 — a Sunday. Over the summer, Hochul announced she was putting the MTA’s tolling program on hold. It was supposed to take effect June 30. At the time, Hochul argued it was wrong to implement congestion…
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