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New York City makes history as first American city to charge congestion toll with $15 fee to enter Manhattan

NewsApril 5, 2024

First in the nation zone tolling program BYCEDAR ATTANASIO AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 27, 2024 Fortune Magazine New York is on track to become the first U.S. city with congestion tolls on drivers entering its downtown after transit officials approved a $15 fee for most motorists headed into part of Manhattan. Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board...

New Jersey strikes back against NYC’s congestion pricing plan

NewsApril 5, 2024

‘You are not eliminating pollution’ Wednesday, April 3, 2024 WABC News NEW YORK — A federal judge in Newark heard oral arguments Wednesday in the State of New Jersey’s lawsuit over New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. The lawsuit is one of several seeking to stop the new $15 toll for passenger cars driving into the heart...

ODOT thinks tolls on US 26 and OR 217 could be a congestion fix

NewsMarch 28, 2024

Big regional employers and population growth in Washington County have made gridlock west of Portland an increasing issue. Officials think tolling is one solution. By Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt KGW News, March 26, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — Tolling in Oregon has become a bit like Schrödinger’s cat — at any given time, it’s simultaneously alive...

MTA board officially OKs controversial congestion toll at $15 per day as program moves one step closer to launch

NewsMarch 28, 2024

First in the nation zone tolling program By Nolan Hicks, Griffin Eckstein and Emily Crane March 27, 2024, NY Post Motorists will soon officially be slapped with a back-breaking $15 toll to drive on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets after the MTA’s board voted Wednesday to set New York’s controversial congestion pricing in stone. The new tolls, likely to...

NYC congestion pricing plan passes final vote, will bring $15 tolls for some drivers

NewsMarch 28, 2024

$1 billion per year money grab By Marcia Kramer , Jessica Moore March 27, 2024 / CBS New York NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board on Wednesday approved congestion pricing fees in what its chairman said was one of the most significant votes the board had ever undertaken. Emotions ran high at the board meeting. A mix of people pleaded for mercy in...

Tolling All Lanes

NewsMarch 25, 2024

Bay Area transportation planners are studying a radical idea to reduce traffic congestion and fund driving alternatives: tolling all lanes on a freeway. Even more radical, the plan considers tolling parallel roads. March 21, 2023, Planetizen By Irvin Dawid The Bay Area’s newest express lanes, transportation jargon for a variably-priced toll lane that also permits carpoolers to...

Readers Respond: Tighten budgets, but don’t toll freeways

News OpinionMarch 19, 2024

85% against tolling; 2% undecided By Jules Rogers, Canby Herald Mar 18, 2024 Your Oregon News asked readers in an unofficial survey where they stand on halting the toll plan. This comes after Gov. Tina Kotek said she plans to halt tolling work indefinitely, but it should still be expected someday. About 85% of readers...

Drivers to pay Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls longer than expected to cover construction cost

News UncategorizedMarch 15, 2024

The bridge is expected to be paid off by 2033. By Lionel Donovan (KING5 News) Published: March 11, 2024 TACOMA, Wash. — A pandemic and a fire almost proved too much for Gig Harbor Strength and Fitness, but the gym managed to survive. “We had to rebuild literally from the ashes, so to speak,” says...

Oregon Gov Kotek kills I-5 & I-205 per mile tolling, but proposed I-5 Bridge tolls remain

NewsMarch 13, 2024

Challenges larger than the benefits governor claims By John Ley for Clark County Today In a major victory for Oregon residents, especially citizens of Clackamas County along the southern I-205 corridor, Governor Tina Kotek canceled one component of tolling for I-5 and I-205 in the state. More specifically, she ended ODOT’s efforts in the Regional...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek plans to halt tolling work indefinitely

NewsMarch 13, 2024

Kotek did not rule out a reconsideration of tolling. Interstate Bridge tolling plans to continue By Corey Buchanan and Raymond Rendleman The Gresham Outlook — Mar 11, 2024 Gov. Tina Kotek plans to halt the state of Oregon’s plans to toll I-5 and I-205 as a way to pay for transportation infrastructure projects. In a...

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