Vermillion Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Quote June 30. That's when car drivers will be charged an additional $15 to enter Manhattan at 61st Street and below, while trucks could be charged between $24 and $36, depending on size. The long-awaited congestion pricing model set to make history in the United States will begin in New York City one second after 12 a.m. on the final Sunday in June, MTA officials announced. The date is two weeks later than the transit agency had initially targeted. All 110 toll readers are installed, positioning the MTA to be ready to collect by June. Federal judges on either side of the river could delay the plans, but the MTA has said it expects those legal challenges to fail. […] Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO1s Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Make that city more unaffordable. That'll solve everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonPill Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 This is a step in the right direction. Encourage more people to travel to the city by public transit, reduce air pollution and reduce the nonstop car gridlock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clauss Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Well, it has been a thing in London for more than a decade and it has funded improvements to public transport. Hopefully it can be a measure to build the Second avenue subway line and improve bus services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk_Away21 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I think they had something like this in Rome. Tbh, the reduction of cars seemed kinda nice when I was there. I hear Rome used to be constant cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRHCOLLECTION Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 They have this in London and the traffic is still crazy soooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Azulito Posted April 29 ATRL Moderator Share Posted April 29 25 minutes ago, JO1s said: Make that city more unaffordable. That'll solve everything. The large majority of people that commute into Manhattan by car are wealthy, they can afford this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAP Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 They should go even further and pedestrianize large swaths of Manhattan like you see in Europe or Latin America. There is no reason why all of that island space should be devoted exclusively to cars and really the same can be said for Queens and Bronx and Brooklyn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirtilo Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 If it means more investment to the public transport system, more power to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 31 minutes ago, DAP said: They should go even further and pedestrianize large swaths of Manhattan like you see in Europe or Latin America. There is no reason why all of that island space should be devoted exclusively to cars and really the same can be said for Queens and Bronx and Brooklyn. The tragic part about the U.S. and blue states in general is it will cost millions of dollars to do environmental studies on whether reducing car traffic will be good for the environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermouth Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 3 hours ago, HRHCOLLECTION said: They have this in London and the traffic is still crazy soooo Hmm. Don't know the stats but to me central London has noticeably less traffic than ten years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachoo Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I'm sure the MTA will use these funds to improve public transit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 I should've noted in the OP that there are lower income commuter applications available, but the question is how and when they'll be approved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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