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Congestion pricing in NYC: What you need to know
What is congestion pricing?It is a fee charged to drivers traveling in highly congested areas during the times of day when traffic is at its heaviest to help reduce gridlock.
Enacting congestion pricing for some of Manhattan’s high-traffic neighborhoods has been a point of debate for at least the past decade. Now, it looks like the concept could see a revival.
What’s being proposed?
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said details of a congestion pricing plan will be released by his Fix NYC panel by Friday.
Cuomo recently said the FIX NYC proposal “doesn’t toll bridges” into and out of Manhattan that are currently free like the Queensboro Bridge but would charge drivers for entering the most congested parts of Manhattan during certain times.
Read more: https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/nyc-congestion-pricing-1.16242278