Biden administration green lights nation’s first congestion pricing plan for New York

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Biden administration green lights nation’s ​

first congestion pricing plan for New York​

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority still needs another year to implement the plan​

Biden administration green lights nation’s first congestion pricing plan for New York

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority still needs another year to implement the plan

www.politico.com

5 May 2023 ~~ By Danielle Muoio Dunn

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.”
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy condemned the approval as “unfair and ill-advised,” and said it undercuts the Biden administration’s own environmental goals. He also said his office is “closely assessing all legal options” because the current plan burdens commuters, state agencies and the environment.
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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.
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The new tolling system — which will come on top of existing charges for the George Washington Bridge and Lincoln and Holland tunnels — has also drawn opposition from a bipartisan coalition of suburban lawmakers in New York and New Jersey. It’s expected to face legal challenges, as Murphy suggested.


Commentary:
Cutting your nose off to spite your face..... This will reduce commerce in the city and thus decrease tax revenues. Once again, the stupidity of Maoist/DSA Democrat Commies is on display.
Just one more reason to take business in NYC elsewhere.
Obviously 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?
The Democrat DSA Party is in fact the Communist Party USA they do not understand basic capitalism. They firmly believe all they have to do is find a way to tax something and the money will just flow into their greedy hands not understanding that an invisible hand dictates people will decide for themselves if the price is worth it and if not do without.
Tax driving into the city will affect all business within the city and not in a good way. It will drive businesses out
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981 FILM) where Manhattan becomes a maximum-security prison may soon become a reality.

 

[MaryL]

I have no idea what this is. But if briben' Biden and the woke herd of that mind fuck that is Democrats supports it, we need to stomp, nay, murderize da bums, emulate and totally murderize deeze creeps.

 

[ozro]

In the rest of the country we wish they would charge 80% of everything someone owns to leave that shit hole.

 

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Kathy Hochul may soon require all New Yorkers leaving the State to pay an exit fee.

 

[ozro]

Kathy Hochul may soon require all New Yorkers leaving the State to pay an exit fee.

I hope it's high enough. If it was me I would allow each person a pair of jeans, a Tshirt, a hoodie, underwear and socks, a pack of fishhooks, a zebco fishing pole and one rusty can to keep worms in.

 

[BluesLegend]

In NY when you hear "authority" that's code for a new tax and fee state government body setup to vampire suck people's money into a state slush fund.

 

[Resnic]

And yet another money making scheme and nothing else.