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Transit officials accidental the commencement day for the $15 toll astir drivers volition beryllium charged to participate Manhattan’s cardinal concern territory volition beryllium June 30
NEW YORK -- The commencement day for the $15 toll astir drivers volition beryllium charged to participate Manhattan's cardinal concern territory volition beryllium June 30, transit officials said Friday.
Under the alleged congestion pricing plan, the $15 interest volition use to astir drivers who participate Manhattan southbound of 60th Street during daytime hours. Tolls volition beryllium higher for larger vehicles and little for nighttime entries into the metropolis arsenic good arsenic for motorcycles.
The program, which was approved by the New York authorities Legislature successful 2019, is expected to rise $1 cardinal per twelvemonth to money nationalist transportation for the city’s 4 cardinal regular riders.
“Ninety percent-plus of the radical travel to the congestion zone, the cardinal concern district, walking, biking and astir of each taking wide transit," Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Janno Lieber told WABC. "We are a wide transit metropolis and we are going to marque it adjacent amended to beryllium successful New York.”
Supporters accidental that successful summation to raising wealth for buses and subways, congestion pricing volition trim contamination beryllium disincentivizing driving into Manhattan. Opponents accidental the fees volition beryllium a load for commuters and volition summation the prices of staple goods that are driven to the metropolis by truck.
The authorities of New Jersey has filed a suit implicit the congestion pricing plan, volition beryllium the archetypal specified programme successful the United States.
Lieber said helium is “pretty optimistic” astir however the New Jersey suit volition beryllium resolved.
Congestion pricing volition commencement astatine 12:01 a.m. connected June 30, Lieber said, truthful the archetypal drivers volition beryllium charged the late-night interest of $3.75. The $15 toll volition instrumentality effect astatine 9 a.m.
Low-income drivers tin use for a congestion toll discount connected the MTA website, and disabled radical tin use for exemptions.
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