New Jersey dropped its unsuccessful appeal of a court order that allowed New York’s congestion pricing to start on Jan. 5 and intends to file a new suit against the Federal Highway Administration, attorneys said.
Now that New York City has finally flipped the switch on congestion pricing, the big question is: Will it work? And if so, how well?
A very small number of commuters actually need to drive to Manhattan every weekday for work. And for those who are traveling for pleasure — for Broadway, a museum visit, or dinner with friends — the reality is that a $9 charge is going to be an absurdly small cost of any kind of Manhattan excursion.
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss his answer to New York City' congestion pricing — "reverse congestion pricing."
“The MTA operates like the mob,” Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said. “The Congestion Capo, Janno Lieber, is ready to extort the public the minute after they start paying off the first debt. It’s an endless cycle.”
Some people were irate, others were pleased, as New Yorkers faced a new toll on driving into the center of Manhattan.
Jim Cameron’s columns on transportation issues in the CTMirror are lucid and informative, but his recent article advocating tolls on Connecticut’s I-95 as an addition to the recent congestion pricing implemented in Manhattan is off base.
Gov. Kathy Hochul greeted commuters on the platform at Jamaica before speaking to Newsday on her train trip about congestion pricing and transit safety.
New Jersey is still smarting over the new $9 congestion toll. In his annual policy address Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy took a swipe at moochers Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York for socking his Garden
Gov. Hochul was widely expected to unveil her “cap and invest” policy, which would force fossil-fuel corporations to pay for greenhouse gasses, during Tuesday’s State of the