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By Jose Martinez, THE CITY
Barely six weeks after the launch of congestion pricing, the plan to toll motorists driving into the core of Manhattan is facing yet another existential threat.
President Donald Trump followed through Wednesday on his August campaign pledge to “TERMINATE Congestion Pricing,” likely setting the stage for more legal fighting in the long-running saga. On January 5, New York became the first U.S. city to implement such a vehicle-tolling scheme, which is designed to unclog streets and fund billions of dollars in mass transit upgrades.
The president’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul that reverses the Federal Highway Administration’s approval of the tolling program. The news was first reported by the New York Post.
In the letter, Duffy said he shares “the President’s concerns about the impacts to working class Americans who now have an additional financial burden.” He said the highway agency would be in touch with local transit officials “to discuss the orderly cessation of toll operations.”
The move comes as Hochul had said her administration was negotiating with the Trump administration over the program’s future. Advocates for transit riders have already vowed to fight to keep it alive.
Transit advocates protest outside of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Midtown office after she announced a delay in congestion pricing, June 5, 2024.
“We’ve defended the program, we’ve won lawsuits against the program, we’ve held two governors accountable,” Danny Pearlstein, policy director of Riders Alliance, told THE CITY. “And we will do whatever we need to do to defend it from people who would try and undermine our big success.”
Just weeks into his second stint in the White House, Trump said he would pull the plug on a program that MTA officials have hailed as an early hit for its part in reducing congestion south of 60th Street in Manhattan, cutting travel times and speeding bus service.
“It’s doing what we expected it to do and anything to roll it back is going to really make lives worse for everyone who’s living in and around the New York metropolitan region,” Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, told THE CITY. “People are going to be back to wasting time in traffic given that you’ve seen really substantial improvements.”
The decision by Trump — who had initially said he would squash congestion pricing during his first days in office — came after he and Hochul discussed halting the vehicle-tolling initiative that follows the lead of cities that include London, Stockholm and Milan.
Initially approved by a 2019 state law, congestion pricing was designed to generate revenue for the regional transportation network, with the legislation specifying that 80% of the money go toward subway and bus improvements in the MTA’s 2020 to 2024 capital program.
Among the projects to be paid for by congestion pricing are modernizing signals along multiple subway lines, adding elevators to more stations, extending the Second Avenue Subway from the Upper East Side to Harlem and buying more electric buses.
As part of congestion pricing, the MTA has also committed to more than $330 million in mitigation measures that are supposed to provide environmental benefits to communities in The Bronx and elsewhere in the city that have been historically hard hit by air pollution and chronic disease.
But Trump’s move again imperils the years-in-the-making plan that Hochul herself temporarily paused in June, just weeks before its scheduled launch, citing what she called the “undue strain” of what would have been a $15 peak-hours toll for most motorists. But days after Trump’s November win in the presidential election, Hochul reversed course and revived congestion pricing with a reduced $9 toll.
Since the Jan. 5 launch, MTA officials have repeatedly touted the early successes of the new tolls, citing reduced traffic south of 60th Street in Manhattan, improved trip times on river crossings into the central business district, faster bus speeds across the Hudson and East River bridges and tunnels and increased ridership on the subway and express buses.
“What we studied, what we expected, what we planned for is what seems to be happening,” Juliette Michaelson, the transit agency’s deputy chief of policy and external relations, said at the January 29 MTA board meeting. “That is great news for people who live here, people who work here and even people who just visit occasionally.”
Janno Lieber, the MTA chairperson and chief executive, described himself as “very optimistic” that congestion pricing can survive another challenge after it beat back numerous lawsuits from both sides of the Hudson River and endured a rigorous federal environmental review process.“We’re batting .1000 — we’ve been sued in every court east of the Mississippi and we’ve won every time,” he told reporters after a Citizens Budget Commission breakfast discussion recently. “So we’re very optimistic that, on the law, this program is very solid.”
Lieber cited how it’s potentially tougher to roll back such a program once it’s in place, pointing to highway tolling programs in Texas and Florida that operate under the same law.
“There are reasons for them to move carefully on this front,” he said. “When you start suggesting that commitments by the federal government to states and localities are subject to being reversed on a dime because we had a change of administration, that upsets the whole apple cart of federal-state relations.”
Kate Slevin, executive vice president of the Regional Plan Association, told THE CITY there is not a straight line for the federal government to cancel congestion pricing.
“There will be some time that the courts would have to hear the case again and figure out what to do,” she said. “We don’t see a clear legal path right now for this to be turned off.”
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I have mixed feelings about congestion pricing.
That being said, I find it ridiculous how when it benefits him, Trump defers to the states/locals on things (such as on abortion, which he is afraid to take a position on). But then on something like this, he swoops in and gets involved when it really isn’t in his jurisdiction. And I’m sure if he doesn’t get his way he will play pretend mafia boss like he always does and threaten the withholding of some other benefit unless he gets his way.
If he wants to provide the funding that congestion pricing was expected to generate, then I have less of a problem with getting rid of it. But we all know that that will not happen.
More traffic. More pollution. More noise. More traffic injuries and deaths. A huge blow to the neighborhood.
Yes, its called a city. Traffic, pollution, noise, injuries and deaths are part of it.
It just moves the pollution, congestion, and deaths to other boroughs.
Death? More than just a few months ago when it wasn’t in effect? Aren’t we being just a little bit hyperbolic here?
“A New Yorker was killed or seriously injured in the congestion pricing zone almost every day in the first nine months of 2024. However, in the initial 12 days of congestion pricing, both crashes and injuries dropped by more than 50%. London once again provides a longer-term perspective: Researchers found that traffic accidents fell by an astonishing 40% since the introduction of the city’s congestion toll in 2003.” https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/02/18/congestion-pricing-benefits-new-york-city/#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20traffic%20crashes,than%2050%25%20in%20the%20CRZ.
“There were more than 536 traffic accidents in the zone in the 30 days prior to congestion pricing’s initiation and 375 in the 30 days after. There were 248 people injured in traffic accidents in the zone in the zone in the 30 days prior to congestion pricing’s initiation and 163 in the 30 days after.” https://jasher.substack.com/p/traffic-accidents-have-fallen-in?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share
“Thus far in 2025, there have been 37 injuries from 90 crashes in the congestion pricing zone. That’s a 51% drop compared to the same time in 2024, when there were 76 injuries from 199 crashes.” https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/congestion-pricing-impacts-fewer-cars-manhattan-fewer-crashes/6121447/
Accidents would not happen if pedestrians were paying more attention.
So let me get this straight: when the driver of an SUV collides his vehicle with another SUV, it’s the pedestrian’s fault?
When the congestion pricing supporters act arrogant and boorish, they deserved this.
https://x.com/ImpunityCity/status/1889300190818943151
Thankfully Trump and his supporters have never acted arrogant or boorish!
Not everyone who opposes congestion pricing supports Trump. But I guess Democrats want to struggle outside of Manhattan. Democrats want control of congress or their supermajorities in Albany to be maintained or the governors mansion in 2026. I am the type of voter Dems need to be talking to, but Upper West Side Dems tend to think I am beneath them.
Make NYC Great Again. Congestion pricing is theft.
Do you say that about toll bridges and tunnels and tolls on highways? There are express toll lanes in VA where cost is determined by if it’s rush hour and how much traffic there is on the regular highway lanes. That is a form of congestion pricing. This is no different. Maybe they should have just called it a toll. And btw, it has worked to reduce congestion in the area. It has even spilled over into Hoboken where the traffic is better since not as many people are trying to go through the Holland tunnel.
Don’t we already have tolls on our bridges and tunnels as of today?
Except for the Brooklyn Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, multiple bridges between Manhattan and the Bronx uptown (Willis Ave Bridge, 145th St Bridge, etc.) And the one way tolls on the GWB, Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, and Outer Bridge Crossing go to the Port Authority, not the MTA. These tolls are for the support of the crossings but also fund real estate holdings (such as the World Trade Center) of the PANYNJ.
Maybe put an end to fair evasion. Why are decent people paying when criminals use the system for free?
But there are alternates. The people pushing congestion pricing want Manhattan all to themselves. The state of the transit system shows it.
Take a bus Take a subway. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that isn’t available as an alternative. I do it all the time.
Take a car, drive your car. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that I should pay for your transit system. I drive all the time.
The taxes and fees paid by drivers (I drive and own a car) do not cover the full cost of road maintenance and upkeep. People bring up licensing and registration fees: these do not fully cover the DMVs budget and it is augmented by the State’s general fund. Insurance costs go to a private company and not to the government. The gas tax does not fully cover road maintenance and the general fund again is used to bridge the considerable gaps. So residents of NYC who do not own or drive cars are paying taxes to supplement your (and my) ability to drive on state and city roads.
How many times do you leave Manhattan? How many times when you do leave Manhattan you go deep into Queens or Brooklyn beyond Williamsburg, Astoria or Park Slope? How much transferring are you willing to tolerate on a regular basis? Are you willing to rely on services that run every 30-120 minutes on a regular basis? I doubt you really are thinking this through. There is a whole world outside of the gentrified NYC areas.
I commuted to the UWS with public transit for years and tried to make it work, when I started driving, I wondered why I did not do it sooner.
It sounds like you really don’t like commuting from where you live to the UWS… what’s keeping you living there? We all have to make trade offs between commuting convenience, price, and space. People who live here pay more for less space and have easier commutes in return. It seems like you want it all and have a deep sense of resentment toward people who have made a different set of choices. Nobody is forcing you to live where you do! And always curious what your neighborhood has done to open itself up and make itself more convenient for UWSers (yes, the majority of whom don’t own cars). You want us to give you free parking – what is your neighborhood offering in exchange?
“You want us to give you free parking – what is your neighborhood offering in exchange?”
Well Manhattan Democrats are good at driving their personal cars and chartering private buses to come to my community and other politically competitive districts instead of using the public transportation options you insist we use to ask us to vote for Democrats. Maybe if you left people like myself alone, we would be more willing to vote for Democrats.
I do not like commuting? Projection much? It is the urbanists that do not like commuting and ultimately do not care about listening to transit users who aren’t railfans or urbanists. I have so far managed to tolerate commuting which urbanists so badly want to make even harder. I do not mind commuting, but trying to make it harder for the benefit of gentrifiers will not augur well.
What is my neighborhood offering in exchange? Not only do we have free parking, but many Upper West Siders end up leaving Manhattan for more space, more affordable housing, be closer to family etc etc. There are many former Upper West Siders and former Manhattanites in general in New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut specifically. There are many former Manhattanites on Long Island. Not only that, the same Upper West Siders that would fight tooth and nail to preserve historic district landmarking are the same Upper West Siders that want us to house people pushed out of other trendy neighborhoods so that the gentrifier class can areas like Astoria or Bay Ridge all to themselves.
This is more than just about trade offs, this is about social expectations and a lot of Manhattanites only want a certain kind of people here and it certainly is not me.
If there is anyone that has a deep sense of resentment, it is the urbanists who want to force other people to live the way that urbanists dictate we should live.
This is all pure projection… UWSers don’t fit all the resentments you’ve made up here
You don’t pay for my car (I park in a private parking) but I pay for your public transit system that is bankrupt because poorly managed.
The public transit system increases the property values of the neighborhood. So even homeowners who never use public transit benefit.
And if you don’t like that congestion pricing has been eliminated, then perhaps you should leave Manhattan and move to a city that has it. : )
What about the sick or disabled? Families with kids? The elderly? I have and continue to always walk in Manhattan, even if I need to walk 5 miles to my destination, but I recognize that not everyone is capable of walking/biking/taking public transportation.
the roads weren’t torn up
Good! UWS Democrats will undoubtedly complain about this move, but privately they’re glad Trump did this.
Absolutely not, congestion pricing was working marvelously, why would we want more pollution and traffic in NYC?
You do not mind traffic when it is Uber or Lyft. Don’t give us that.
I absolutely do in fact! That’s why they pay a surcharge too
A $1.50 surcharge which Lyft was refunding throughout all of January and has specials left and right? Yeah right! How many uber or lyft rides end up getting comped or written off on taxes anyways? It does not hurt Manhattanites supporting this as much as those from non gentrified NYC.
Because we need the business and workers.
Nope. Not glad at all. It actually seems to be working, and I see nothing to be glad about when a president interferes in a city initiative that doesn’t affect him — or the rest of the country. He’s petty and ignorant, and this is just political payback and a stick-it-to-the-libs gesture.
It actually does affect him. Trump Tower and his Trump Intl Hotel are all in the Congestion zone.
And — he & his bosses believe it will affect their oil and gasoline profits if more people take public transit. Conflict of interest….
it affects donald trump, not the president of the united states. unfortunately that’s not the game anymore.
Great news.
The problem is not with congestion pricing, IMO. It is the fact that the funds are being given to the MTA – by far the most inept, corrupt, badly run agency in NYC and that is really saying something given the competition it has.
The so called $1.5B that is supposed to be generated for the MTA can easily be achieved by a combination of the following actions:
– Reduce fare avoidance (estimated to be between $500 – 750M a year)
– Reduce overtime in the MTA (estimate $1B per year)
– Improve project budgeting/costing (MTA projects in NYC are estimated to cost between 3-5x what international costs are per a benchmarking study that has been conducted).
You’re welcome, MTA. I just found you over $1.5B
It’s not $1.5 billion. The estimate for the amount generated to fund capital improvements is $15 billion – 10 times as much.
My suggestion is to re-think the Second Avenue subway extension. I realize this has been a part of the wish list for new subways for decades, and that people on the UES above 96th street need additional transportation options. But this 1.5 mile extension will cost $5-10 billion – an exorbitant amount that would go a long way toward other needed improvements. Instead, why not close Second Avenue to traffic above 96th, only allow cross-traffic on selected streets, e.g., every 6-8 blocks, and either create 2-way bus lanes with more frequent service, or a light rail/trolley with free transfer to the existing Second Avenue line and other subways?
the $1.5B I refer to is what the MTA estimates they will get from congestion pricing to partially fund the capital projects. My point is that they are complaining about not having the funding, but if they operate the agency properly, there is plenty of money staring them in the face. I pointed out only a few line items … once you start digging, I’m sure they can find a lot more $$ to save.
I actually think the capital budget is more than the $15B you reference … I recall it is more like $50B
No, the MTA estimate is that “Congestion Relief Zone toll revenue will fund $15 billion in capital improvements to the MTA network” (https://www.mta.info/tolls/congestion-relief-zone/better-transit#:~:text=Congestion%20Relief%20Zone%20toll%20revenue,Zone%20tolling%20remains%20in%20effect.) Complaints about waste, fraud, and corruption in government are as old as government itself and have never won a staring contest.
It’s actually an issue of time frame. The $1.5B i refer to is per year vs the $15B which is, I believe, over 10 years.
To add to my comment above: a bus/light rail/trolley solution also has the following benefits: no need to revise the hundred other things underground; no need for the MTA to purchase other properties or rights to use them; much easier to provide accommodation for the disabled; and, maybe most important, the project can probably be accomplished in one-tenth the time, providing needed services much faster.
Most of today’s bus routes are the descendants of trolley lines.
The “Resistance” has other ideas! https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-vow-to-fight-doge-by-wasting-more-money-than-ever
fyi this is a satire site.
i know that you know, and may be hoping that someone reading doesnt…but the truth will set us all free.
My brother in law runs a consulting agency that can show the MTA how to achieve these savings. His agency is available for a contract to come up with the study. They are available to work on the study for as long as it takes to finish it … And they are available to meet with MTA reps at a beach resort in … oh, wait, I should keep my mouth shut.
Your brother in law is Elon MusK?
Good one.
The MTA’s job is to make hard decisions no elected official wants to be directly accountable for. That is the big reason why we are in this mess. Congestion pricing would not have passed in a standalone bill.
I know Elon Musk’s sister’s dog walker’s boyfriend if that helps.
But according to The NY Times, there is zero fraud or waste in government spending. None. And every time Trump or Musk says there is, even when they cite GAO estimates, the Times says that their claims are “without evidence”.
Can you provide a link to the article in the NY Times that says (or even implies) this?
Here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-media-claim-to-find-no-fraud-in-government-waste-abuse-agencies-8ed673b2?mod=WTRN_pos1&cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_171&cx_artPos=0
Might be paywalled. Article has an example of NYT reporter claiming “without evidence”; then also cites 5 separate NYT articles in which the newspaper itself detailed examples of fraud and waste!
Please understand that OPINION articles do not require the same journalistic integrity as an article produced in the news room. The WSJ is definitely a reputable newspaper, but only if the article is from the newsroom. When it is an editorial or an opinion piece, it is purely the opinion of the writer and not an actual news story written by true journalists with high bar requirements for publication. Amazing how many people do not know the difference.
Thank you for posting a link to the WSJ.
So that article mostly centers on a single Washington Post reporter/article. The one reference to the New York Times referred to a reporter for the Times writing that Elon Musk had offered no evidence for what DOGE has claimed to be fraud. Which is not the same as the Times claiming that there is zero fraud or waste in government spending.
Just because Elon Musk doesn’t personally approve of expenditures that were properly funded in legislation, does not make it fraud.
While I’m no great fan of The NY Times in its current iteration, I was hoping you could provide some examples of the Times stating that there is “zero fraud or waste in government spending” or referring to GAO estimates as “without evidence”. Thank you.
Lotta noise, no substance.
This won’t stand up in courts, MTA is still issuing tolls.
The United States does not have a king
What is that whistling I hear, and why are we walking past this graveyard?
Someone should remind Trumpius I:
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-calls-himself-the-king-while-tooting-his-own-horn-for-killing-controversial-nyc-congestion-pricing/
The federal courts that are stacked with Trump loyalists? Or the Supreme Court, which is stacked with Trump loyalists?
Trump issued an executive order yesterday proclaiming the executive branch has ultimate power over any regulatory agency. Today he proclaimed himself king in a Truth Social post.
We’re all collectively sleepwalking into a GOP dictatorship helmed by this orange menace.
And the problem is ?
If you don’t think a potential GOP dictatorship is a problem, I don’t think I can help you.
Then you have to do the work in swing districts to stop it, this anti car push does not help. Democrats are making a culture war in an area we do not need one in while Republicans win more dangerous culture wars.
It’s not a culture war, it’s common sense! CP merely puts a price on scare resources and externalities of driving into in the most congested areas in the whole country.
It very much is a culture war against cars. There is literally a podcast called the war on cars! Even before congestion pricing, there are many other places in our metropolitan area that had worse driving and parking conditions than Manhattan. I would not call Manhattan the most congested area in the whole country, until Vision Zero and the flooding of the city with ubers and lyfts, I would say Manhattan had one of the best managed traffic flows in the whole country.
Ok.
President Trump is absolutely right on the federal law in question. The diversion of highway funds by New York State is unlawful. If you actually care about this issue, you can take a few minutes to read the 2/19/25 letter from DOT Secretary Sean Duffy to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Promises made. Promises kept.
Yes! Great news. This is a business, tourist, back to work killer.
Right. All those tourists who drive into Manhattan and stay in $300-a-night hotels are staying away to avoid paying an extra $9.00. Same for theatregoers who pay $750 for dinner and a pair of tickets on Broadway.
I agree that all able bodied New Yorkers should take advantage of the public transportation system and not bring a car into the city. But… Not everyone is physically able to get to their doctors South of 60th by bus or subway…and therefore need private transportation to get medical care . Its not a matter of choice , but it is a matter of necessity for those of us unable to walk, get on a bus, or subway.
something needs to be worked out for disabled and elderly New Yorkers.
Trump should have no say in this. He has other worries to concern himself with, like pennies, Greenland, Canada and Panama.
The “long live the king” language alone should factor into a court review of this. Congestion pricing has been great. Frankly I wish they just put the toll at every bridge entering Manhattan to keep it simpler.
This is great news for businesses, tourists, back to work initiatives. Businesses are dying with this.
Has anyone considered the small businesses who are now charged more for deliveries to Manhattan? Or the employees they have to drive in from outer boroughs because they work at night and are certainly not going to take the subway at 2am in the morning? Not fair to the extremely hard working small businesses and their staff. The MTA caused their own problems and not fair to us to pay for it. This was a very good thing for your small local businesses.
This kind of reporting continues to normalize the deeply disturbing actions of this administration.
Please report the whole story.
This article leaves out a very large thing.: The current President, when announcing this, posted ““CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”
“LONG LIVE THE KING!” is as much the story as the congestion pricing issue. Disgusting and dangerous.
Leaving it out of reporting is dangerous too.
He’s merely trolling the Left. Quite successfully it appears!
With all respect Allie, it is not “merely trolling”. Have you been reading the news? This is very much what he is trying to do. Autocracy is his/their aim.
Trolling, it is not.
Apparently the rules are: if Trump says something good, he’s 100% serious but if he says something bad/illegal/corrupt, don’t worry he’s just trolling. Meanwhile, while the media covers the circus, Republicans are getting ready to gut Medicaid so they can cut taxes for the rich…
Getting rid of congestion pricing is an easy way to win over voters in politically competitive areas without having to sacrifice other things. Folks like UWS Dad are how voters in swing districts and in my community are handed to Republicans by Democrats on a silver platter.
Merely sacrifice the health and safety of our community for the convenience of NJ/Long Island residents who can’t be bothered to take the train? Hard pass.
Eugene, leave your grievances and car behind you in NJ and move to the UWS, you’ll be so much happier.
“Merely sacrifice the health and safety of our community for the convenience of NJ/Long Island residents who can’t be bothered to take the train? Hard pass.”
When Democrat Tom Suozzi was running in a special election to replace George Santos in a district that includes parts of Queens and Long Island, it was Manhattanites who could not be bothered to take the train. Assemblyman Harvey Epstein chartered a private bus to Bayside in Queens instead of having canvassers take the 7 train to local buses or the LIRR like Manhattanites expect us to. Manhattan Democrats even gave out fliers encouraging people to drive to Queens and to Long Island to canvass for Suozzi.
Never underestimate what this guy says…he always says the quiet part out loud…he can’t keep a secret has to brag and spill the beans…he means it.
Soooo you’re saying Republicans are OK with Monarchy?
Kinda shows that 1776 didn’t really mean much to a lot of Americans
Correct.
Congestion Pricing is working !!
I’m getting around lower Manhattan in double the time I would normally have also saving money and time.
But how about the UWS residence that park there vehicles in the streets?
Are they experiencing longer waiting time sitting searching for a parking space than normal and burning fuel more then average?
Well, if you are… I sure like to bring this to your attention in regards to “Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations allowing for street cleaning. ASP rules are posted on signs with a “P” Street Cleaning rules (example).
Well my friends we’re having two problems on the side streets here on the Upper West Side” ever since the Congestion Pricing went into effect January 5, 2025.
I have been noticing the following…
Vehicle’s from other areas outside of Manhattan are beginning to filter in parking there vehicles on the upper part of Manhattan in the early morning hours and leaving them and not moving them the entire day, returning for them in the early evenings “ignoring” the street cleaning rules signs that are posted on the side streets.
This has been an ongoing issue in the past on a small scale, but now, on a larger scale ever since the Congestion Pricing has gone into effect on Sunday, January 5, 2025.
Our second problem that is relates to the first problem above…
Have you noticed?
There are “NO” NYC Enforcement Officers or
“NO” Sanitation Parking Enforcement Officers as well!
Oh, “311” does not respond to these complaint calls until the cars are park more then 24hrs. In the same spot.
Perfect example…
….Talking with one of the car owners today that has been parking the entire day on the block said to me…”it’s cheaper parking on the streets from above West 77th Street and risk getting a $65 parking ticket then parking below 60th St. and paying out $80.00 + the congestion pricing fee (that is not tax deductible) and also getting away from receiving a violation 90% of the time parking above the upper the West 70s of Manhattan most all the time).
The main problem here is there’s “no enforcement” that shows up in the upper part of Manhattan until way after 12:30pm when ASP ends.
…If there’s more parking enforcement officers on the streets this can help act as a determined especially the upper West 70s 80s and 90s.
You see most of the parking enforcement can be seen from above 60th St. to about West 70th Street on any given AM day. As the day moves on, the Street Enforcement spreads out (very slowly) to the upper part of Manhattan. But before 11 AM above 77th Street you don’t see anyone around.
There’s not enough of them to handle the upper part of Manhattan, not to mention they’re “very” slow workers.
So the people with cars coming in to Manhattan are aware of this and the odds of getting a parking violation are very slim and they take their chance.
As does this person does who I was talking to….so, at the end of the week it works out better for them.
Plane and simple…..
Thanx for info.
Will let out of town friends know.
With early bird specials it is cheaper to just drive south of 60th than pay the alternate side ticket. I do not think this is happening all that much if at all. I see it.
WRONG!!! It is cheaper to get a violation (if they get it) in upper Manhattan than paying for a parking lot and congestion fees below 60th St.
Early bird specials in the congestion zone can be found easily for under $30. Still cheaper than a $65 ticket.
To: The W. 80th St. Block Association/Billy Amato CMP
Advocate for residential parking stickers (to get a sticker your car must be registered and insured in the appropriate location (by zip code etc).
I am sure you see all the out of state plates from well beyond the tri-state area those cars should be eliminated as well.
Alternatively change the ticket policy, after the third parking ticket you get booted or towed.
Michael
Don’t be so naïve!
Those vehicles with out-of-state license plates are not from out of state. Those people who own those vehicles live right here in Manhattan (could be your next-door neighbor) they either have friends or family out of state to register their vehicles in order to get the insurance so low and not to pay the high premium insurance of Southern New York, which is probably the highest in the United States besides Newark, New Jersey and Los Angeles.
As for receiving a violation, a third time has nothing to do with what I was talking about….
Car owners are paying for the violation. they don’t want to pay for parking space below 60th St.
Don’t you get it !!!
It is cheaper to get a violation (if they it) in upper Manhattan than paying for a parking lot below 60th St.
HELLO!!!!!!
Wrong, the end game is wanting all the street parking spaces for yourselves which plays right into the hands of anti car activists.
This is none of his business, nor Chancellor Musk’s. All those incompetents must disappear, so we can work this out among ourselves
After cataract surgery on Tuesday, I got into a taxi on Second Ave. &14th St. and asked the driver to get on the West Side Highway to avoid the congestion pricing charges and take me home to the UWS. He said it was blocked on 14th St. so I said take the 18th street or next available entrance. He refused and we argued as he then finally went up 6th Ave. and said “Your on the West Side now.” I was exhausted after an early morning surgery so there wasn’t much I could do about the additional $5 charges on my fare; however, this is one of the unfair results of the system. I took a picture of the cab # and could report him but I don’t want to invest any more of my life on the matter while in recovery. I’m sure I’m not the only victim of dishonest and disrespectful cab drivers in this situation.
What you were asking the driver to do made no sense if you were attempting to reduce the fare. You were already in the congestion zone so taking the West Side Highway wouldn’t make a difference. In fact, going all the way to the WSH probably would have increased the fare. All you pay for being in the congestion zone is $0.75, not $5 which incorporates several other fees.
“$3.00 initial charge.
Plus 70 cents per 1/5 mile when traveling above 12mph or per 60 seconds in slow traffic or when the vehicle is stopped.
Plus 50 cents MTA State Surcharge for all trips that end in New York City or Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange or Putnam Counties.
Plus $1.00 Improvement Surcharge.
Plus $1.00 overnight surcharge 8pm to 6am.
Plus $2.50 rush hour surcharge from 4pm to 8pm on weekdays, excluding holidays.
Plus New York State Congestion Surcharge of $2.50 (Yellow Taxi) or $2.75 (Green Taxi) or 75 cents (any shared ride) for all trips that begin, end or pass through Manhattan south of 96th Street.
Plus MTA Congestion Pricing toll of 75 cents for Yellow and Green Taxi for the area of Manhattan south of and including 60th Street, excluding the FDR Drive, West Side Highway/Route 9A, and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connections to West Street.”
Winning with Trump! Love it!!
Those upset with Trump over this should be equally upset with Hochul. If she had let it proceed over a year ago, instead of a few weeks before Trump took office, there is a good chance it would have been a non issue by this time.
couldnt disagree more. do you actually know who donald trump is?
I’m certainly more upset with Trump for the various lawless actions but agree Hochul didn’t help things, without her bumbling, the toll would be $15 and be doing an even better job reducing congestion and funding the MTA…
The toll would be $15 and the Republicans would have a slightly bigger house majority that is not as razor thin as it is now
Trump delayed all his criminal trials until he could get the power to overturn them. We should be able to delay this for at least 10 years when we get a new admin.
Susan, you were in the zone so you paid $0.75 surcharge. What is the additional $5 you mention?
congestion pricing applies to taxis in New York City. Taxis, green cabs, and black cars pay a $0.75 surcharge for each trip that enters, exits, or is within the congestion zone. This surcharge applies regardless of the time of day.
What a joke. This guy could care less about the working class – who by the way are on subways and buses. Trying to sock it to us again. See you in court
I don’t understand the relationship between the federal government and a local tax decision. How is he legally able to overrule it?
I don’t mind paying the congestion toll, but MTA really needs to show the progress fast. I am using subway right now while I am posting this and the car was stinking so foul with two homeless men that I couldn’t breathe when I got on the train, I had to change the car at 34th st subway station. Cars so dirty. Barely can hear what is being said. You want to collect extra money put it to use immediately.