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...
Tolling vehicles to pay for mass transit upgrades Wednesday hearing follows lawsuit over city’s tolling plan New Jersey blasts environment review, seeks deeper assessment April 3, 2024 Bloomberglaw.com Lawyers for New Jersey mounted a last-ditch effort to derail a New York program to charge most drivers $15 to enter central Manhattan during peak hours, urging...
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...
‘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...
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...
$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...
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