![]() ![]() In three of the seven scenarios, drivers coming from New Jersey via the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, which directly enter the CBD, would receive a credit for tolls already paid to use that crossing. These potential tolls would be in addition to tolls paid at other crossings used to reach midtown Manhattan, like the Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel and George Washington Bridge, whose tolls currently range from $11.75 to $16 for cars. The new tolls to enter the Central Business District (CBD) of Manhattan, the area below 60th Street, could range from $9 to $23 during peak hours, $7 to $17 during off-peak hours, or $5 to $12 overnight, according to models used by the report's authors to study the tolling program. The study also looked at what would happen if the agency does not go forward with congestion pricing. The MTA released an in-depth study Wednesday of what the traffic, pollution and tolling outcomes could be in seven different scenarios with varying credit options for tolls already paid at crossings and exemptions of certain types of vehicles, like buses. Steep, new tolls could be on the horizon for New Jersey drivers as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority moves toward a congestion pricing program that would charge drivers to enter midtown Manhattan. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Watch Video: Port Authority taps architecture firms to design new bus terminal ![]() MTA officials - most famously, former subways chief Andy Byford - have campaigned for the new computerized signal system for years because it would improve the system’s reliability and boost capacity by allowing trains to run more closely together. The program would charge motorists to drive in Manhattan below 60th Street, raising an estimated $1 billion a year to finance the overhaul of subway stations to make them wheelchair accessible and purchase new trains and overhaul its archaic signaling system. Her staff later clarified that she was discussing the hundreds of objections and requests for additional information made by federal officials in response to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s initial study of the toll’s environmental and economic impacts. “We’ve been in negotiations with the federal government that has the say on the next step and they have now put some other - let’s call them hurdles - in the way that we have to overcome,” Hochul said during the first forum on WCBS-TV/Ch.2. Hochul, Suozzi, Williams exchange blows in final Dem gubernatorial primary debate ![]() Getty Images Subway system chief Andy Byford has campaigned for a new computerized signal system in subway stations, something the congestion toll would fund. The new program would charge motorists a toll to drive below 60th street in Manhattan. Just a week ago, Hochul said in the first debate that the delays from the ongoing review of the program’s environmental impact would prevent the rollout of congestion pricing for at least another year when asked by the moderators of the first debate if the toll should be delayed. The governor added that she had even had a meeting with federal officials Thursday to try to cut through some of the environmental review requirements that have held up the rollout, which is needed to finance the multi-billion dollar subway overhaul program. “I support congestion pricing 100%, I’m not sure where the allegation came that I don’t,” Hochul told the moderators of the forum, which was hosted by WNBC-TV/Ch.4, WNJU-TV/Ch.47 and the Albany Times-Union. Kathy Hochul declared she was “100%’ in favor of the state’s much-delayed congestion pricing program during Thursday night’s Democratic gubernatorial debate, in a dramatic change from her answer just a week ago. Hochul raised record-breaking $60M to win term as governor - spending roughly $20 per vote Hochul fails to tie NY lawmaker raises to tougher bail law: sources Hochul didn’t check resume of embattled ex-adviser Adam Sullivan - who lost previous job she recommended him forĬlueless Kathy Hochul’s chaotic governance leaves New York to bleed
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