Lawmakers are scrambling to replace congestion pricing funding

Even without congestion pricing the MTA has to maintain its infrastructure, but the question is how.
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[@Drucio1]

The public should sue the state in a class action...

[@mrlegend4456railfanning]

No

[@alectrisitee1264]

We've had it in London since 2003. During the first ten years since the introduction of the scheme, gross revenue reached about £2.6 billion up to the end of December 2013. From 2003 to 2013, about £1.2 billion has been invested in public transport, road and bridge improvement and walking and cycling schemes. Of these, a total of £960 million was invested on improvements to the bus network. We also have another charge called ULEZ, it's a huge money making scheme for London and will only get worse.

[@mariusfacktor3597]

That sounds like an incredible success that NYC could have achieved if they were allowed to reduce traffic like London did.

[@abdoulkonate1704]

Why not use the billion dollars overtime MTA employees earn every year

[@adamblack6867]

They only paid 1.5 billion in overtime last year lol

[@seanfield]

Works out to $39/day x 70,000 employees...

[@bigbutter2510]

They have a better alternative, lower the speed limit to 20 😂

[@car_tar3882]

Because employees are necessary to run the transit system?

[@mactastic144]

Because it wouldn't be legal. The MTA has to pay out overtime to whomever gets overtime.

[@Doctor_Martain]

NYC is finished. Couldn't happen to a more deserving city.

[@cptfreeman8966]

I live here and you right 😂 fawk NY SHIDDY

[@SR-bh5jd]

Lawmakers have already spent the impending monies.

[@williambarnard4710]

Why should people who don't use the public transportation system pay for something they don't use? If they need money to mend the train system, let its users or the city's business owners pay for it.

[@ralphpal]

Stop.paying migrants

[@rafaeluryayev7174]

What a clown show...

[@Lar-e7y]

Billions sent to Ukraine

[@sthcalguy3024]

Here's an idea. CUT THE BUDGET and then CUT TAXES.

[@MariaelenaTejada-wx7xe]

but how over budget has the second ave subway line been ....

[@aeromtb2468]

here is a solution how about enforce the laws and actually out perps away then people will ride in numbers.

[@vadimdanilov8437]

There is plenty enough money to fund MTA, the state and city only need to manage the money instead of wasting it every day, especially on ILLEGALS.

[@ArgenisBalbuenaCordovaAj]

Let’s see how mta will get revenge 😂😂😂

[@nodfexxover7877]

And scramble they will

[@stevenhooser9410]

How about a walking outside tax?

[@mariusfacktor3597]

Walking doesn't negatively affect anybody. Driving your car gives children asthma. That's why we shouldn't be letting people bring their cars on our streets for free on the tax-payer's dime.

[@michaelmatwijiw3045]

Don’t count on something you don’t have yet

[@andrewczski1969]

🤣🤣😂Now, what was the cost to taxpayers for planning, argumentation, design, purchase, and installation? No refunds??

[@swmovan]

It would be helpful if they would explain what "congestion pricing" is.

[@mariusfacktor3597]

Congestion pricing is when they charge cars $15 to drive into lower Manhattan. The reason is that these streets are always deadlocked with cars that cause air pollution and give children asthma, despite less than a third of residents on Manhattan even owning a car. So the idea was to reduce traffic and reduce air pollution at the same time which would also happens to be a big revenue source to fund cleaner modes of transportation.

[@tattoomesam]

It’s not about congestion it’s about $$$ If it was only about congestion why does the MTA plan to collect money 24/7.

[@swmovan]

@@mariusfacktor3597 Thanks! I live in a small town, with no desire to live in a big city.

[@adamblack6867]

Replacing funding that never existed ?

[@mikeymarriott]

Soooo it wasn’t about congestion it was about revenue. Geeez.

[@Ava-oc1dg]

I don’t live in ny anymore I can’t believe how much the fares are. It was one of the most uncomfortable harrowing experiences I ever had riding the trains waiting for a bus that never came had me in tears. Going to work trying to make a living shouldn’t be that way.

[@Gravesend83]

$2.90 is too much for you?

[@cptfreeman8966]

@@Gravesend83that shit adds up just another fcking bill

[@Charles-d4e3b]

Have they tried collecting fares from the 50% who don’t pay?

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Simple raise ticket prices to cover cost of operations...

[@rchot84]

They could make those tickets 100 dollars a ride. They still won't have enough money for the MTA blackhole.

[@Jim-x1i]

Since the 90's the MTA execs were using state and city money to buy million dollar houses, yachts and other luxury items on the tax payers dime then when asked about the shitty service ... The MTA would say we are out of money 3 years later. This same song and dance has been going on for 40 years or more. It's called the MTA blackhole because the money disappears into their pockets for a new acr, yacht or whatever toys they want. The MTA is just one big money laundering outfit by hiring contractors to work on a job for a decade to hide where the money was really going and into a new yacht for some MTA big shot.

[@kl_nyc718]

So how about you see a way to take it from the 1%?

[@kirkdogg007]

MTA worst than yhe stock market always pricing in what they dont havewho does that crooks

[@alcarbo8613]

Boohoo less kick backs for bureaucrats

[@John-br5fd]

SOROS KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING 🎉 THIS GUY IS AN EXPERT IN DESTROYING COUNTRIES 🎉