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Hochul puts brakes on congestion toll’s extra ‘surge-pricing’ squeeze after fierce backlash

NewsDecember 26, 2024

Public backlash caused Governor to “pause” tolling increase By Carl Campanile and Aneeta Bhole Published Dec. 26, 2024 NY Post Gov. Kathy Hochul put the brakes on the MTA’s plan to hike the price of the new Manhattan congestion toll by 25% on “gridlock alert” days after fierce backlash for the plan. https://nypost.com/2024/12/26/us-news/hochul-puts-brakes-on-congestion-tolls-extra-surge-pricing-squeeze-after-fierce-backlash/ Hochul...

Could Trump follow through on threat to ‘terminate’ congestion pricing?

NewsDecember 9, 2024

Program to raise $1 billion for transit at risk By Kevin Frey Washington, D.C. PUBLISHED 6:30 AM ET Dec. 06, 2024 — NY 1 News The license-plate readers are in place. The tolling plan has been approved by the feds. After years of fits and starts, New York is moving ahead with plans to toll vehicles entering...

Feds sign off on NYC congestion pricing, clearing way for tolls to start Jan. 5

NewsNovember 25, 2024

Federal Highway Administration gives blessing $9 daily toll via “obscure value pricing” program By Stephen Nessen Nov 22, 2024 — Gothamist The MTA’s congestion pricing plan just got the green light. The Federal Highway Administration has given its blessing to the Manhattan tolling program, which Gov. Kathy Hochul revived earlier this month with a...

MTA plans to raise NYC’s congestion pricing toll to $15 in 2031

NewsNovember 18, 2024

NYC TOLLS reinstated after the election by NY Governor By Ramsey Khalifeh Published Nov 17, 2024 Gothamist The MTA plans ramp up Manhattan’s congestion pricing tolls to $15 in 2031 — a sharp increase from the $9 charge Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last week, according to documents published by the transit agency. The documents show the...

Hochul tells pro-congestion pricing groups suing her over pause of $15 toll to ‘get in line’

NewsJuly 28, 2024

NY Gov ignores two lawsuits demanding implementation of tolls By Vaughn Golden and Craig McCarthy Published July 25, 2024, NY Post Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday told pro-congestion pricing groups challenging her indefinite pause of the first-in-the-nation tolling program to “get in line.” Hochul, through a spokesperson, dismissed the two new lawsuits filed Thursday in an attempt to...

Tolling for transit dies in New York City

NewsJune 9, 2024

Governors in Oregon and New York stop unpopular congestion tolling John Ley for Clark County Today Thursday, June 6, 2024 Tolling cars and trucks to pay for mass transit was killed in New York City this week by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The congestion pricing scheme was going to charge car drivers $15 each...

Chief of MTA’s biggest union promises ‘massive confrontation’ over $15 NYC congestion toll: ‘Not going to take this’

NewsMarch 10, 2024

Battle over NYC Zone tolling heats up By Carl Campanile and Nolan Hicks Published March 7, 2024 NY Post The chief of the MTA’s biggest union — which once supported New York’s controversial congestion pricing plan — is now threatening a “massive confrontation” with transit management over the proposed $15 daily toll to enter Midtown or Lower Manhattan. The...