We could call it the "Don't be a Dick" rule...
Posted on 05/06/2023 11:39:17 AM PDT by CFW
The Biden administration on Friday cleared New York’s congestion pricing plan to move forward, approving an environmental review that suffered such significant delays many doubted the first-in-the-nation tolling system would ever happen.
The Federal Highway Administration issued a letter approving the New York Metropolitan Transportation’s Authority environmental assessment and issued a draft “Finding of No Significant Impact” that will now be up for public review for 30 days, according to a copy of the letter obtained by POLITICO.
The news means the agency has been given the green light to start charging drivers entering central Manhattan at peak times in an effort to cut down on gridlock.
MTA officials have said they would need almost a year to set up the new tolling infrastructure once it obtains federal approval, putting it on track to meet its current target of launching congestion pricing in the second quarter of 2024.
A spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul said the finding “is a critical step that will allow our Environmental Assessment to be publicly available for anyone to read, and we will continue to work with our partners to move congestion pricing forward.”
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The public transit authority hasn’t determined how much to charge drivers, but has considered fares ranging from $9 to $23 for passenger vehicles and between $12 and $82 for trucks. The scenarios contemplate different combinations of potential discounts, credits and exemptions.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
“All rates shown in the table below apply to the Lincoln & Holland tunnels, the George Washington, Bayonne & Goethals bridges, and the Outerbridge Crossing. Tolls are collected entering New York. No tolls are collected entering New Jersey. All Port Authority crossings are cashless and no longer accept cash toll payments.”
$14.75 EZ-Pass Weekdays: 6 - 10 a.m., 4 - 8 p.m. + Saturday & Sunday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
$12.75 EZ-Pass off-peak
$17 billed by mail
https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/tolls.html
From 2015:
https://licpost.com/poll-residents-may-face-hefty-toll-to-use-queensboro-bridge-along-with-others
Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, and Robert F. Kennedy Bridges; Hugh L. Carey and Queens Midtown Tunnels
E-ZPass®: $6.55
Mid-Tier: $8.36
Tolls by Mail: $10.17
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
E-ZPass: $6.55
Mid-Tier: $8.36
Tolls by Mail: $10.17
Staten Island Resident E–ZPass - $2.75
Henry Hudson Bridge
E-ZPass: $3.00
Mid-Tier: $4.62
Tolls by Mail: $7.50
https://new.mta.info/fares-and-tolls/bridges-and-tunnels/tolls-by-vehicle/cars
Excellent, put the screws to those York democrats in any way possible after all that’s what they wanted/voted for.
“environmental assessment ‘Finding of No Significant Impact’”
Try looking looking at the sides and rears of cars in Florida.
The toll varies with how heavy traffic is if you buy a prepaid toll tag and stick it in yuor windshield you get a discounted rate. Without a tag the license plate reader sends you a bill at the full rate plus some
“They want people to use the subway.”
Thus bringing the victims directly to the criminals further reducing travel mileage for the thugs. Win, win along the way around (well, except for those victims—but we have to accept a little collateral damage).
“tourists who want safety”
Manhattan was relatively safe under Rudy—today it is much more dangerous.
Tourists should look elsewhere if they want safety.
They should include the revolutionary vehicle of the future on that list:
Rickshaws.
Definitely. We can have people doing business, going to work, or shopping. It’s those damn shoppers that keep buying things so the selection is diminished for hard working looters.
Everyone leaving NY should have a five year voting moratorium in wherever they end up. Maybe they will realize its how they voted that screwed everything up.
Eventually only rich people will be able to drive in Da City. I’m sure they don’t want that...no I’m not...
Is it a toll for being on a specific road in Texas, or a toll for simply passing into in a specific area, whatever road you took to do that?
Just kinda confused about how New York is planning to implement this.
Sounds racis’.
We could call it the "Don't be a Dick" rule...
LOL...
More great news for all the commercial office buildings and small businesses that are going bankrupt in central Manhattan.
Does this mean homeless people will get a reserved lane to put up tents and plastic tarps?
People still have to start work at a certain time.
It will do nothing but enrich the coffers of the government.
It’s just a money grabbing scheme.
They need to make up their mind. I thought they were complaining everyone left to telework and won’t come back into their crap city and spend $. Now they don’t want people without extra taxes.
Not to worry, people can work from home and skip the charge, crime and taxes.
So people going to work will pay more. One more step on the road to the destruction of the American economy.
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