Political squabbles and private interests are heckling the long-awaited tolling program in New York
Congestion pricing works, and if New York wants to lead the way on this side of the Atlantic, it will need to deal with the pushback, according to an expert with London’s public transit authority, which implemented a similar program in 2003. | Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNEW YORK — Some of the world’s biggest cities keep turning to a simple tool to cut traffic, reduce emissions and raise much-needed revenue: Tolls.
A Staten Island congresswoman fears the city’s most far-flung and car-dependent borough would shoulder much of the cost. A Bronx congressman says the plan would burden low-income communities with more truck traffic and pollution. And New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy feels so strongly that he’s issued an escalating series of threats, even saying he could halt the operation through a key bi-state agency.
the program requires it to generate $1 billion annually while exempting emergency vehicles, vehicles transporting people with disabilities and residents who live in the zone and make less than $60,000 annually. “As we work this through and look at the different options, we’re very attentive to not harming the for-hire vehicle business and the for-hire vehicle drivers,” Lieber said recently on public radio station WNYC. “It’s specifically identified as one of the issues that we have to mitigate, and we have to deal with as we select a strategy.”
Similar to New York, determining the rules for private vehicle operators was “a difficult consultation and decision” in London, according to Calderato. Operators ultimately bore the new cost, with“There were different ways of doing it. But I think what we did see was that that market can adapt,” Calderato said.The plan has garnered significant pushback from Hochul’s counterpart across the Hudson River.
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