NYC becomes first American city to approve congestion pricing

New York City approved a congestion pricing plan that would charge most drivers $15 for driving into midtown and Lower Manhattan during peak travel times. Supporters say the plan is aimed at reducing gridlock, but not all area residents and workers are pleased. NBC News’ George Solis reports.
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#NYC #CongestionPricing #Tolls

[@flodareltih9825]

Next: Oxygen tax

[@ronbennett7885]

Yep, but it would be branded as a carbon tax, since one exhales CO2. Wouldn't surprise me if some places are considering it. As with many taxes, lower to middle income people will be most affected.

[@PublicHealthAdvocate]

entitled driver must love sitting in traffic ...of course they never want to pay for the space they are using.

[@sareptasweetie1978]

If public transportation was safer more would use it. If housing was more affordable people wouldn't have to commute causing traffic. No one wants to address the real issues just charge citizens for their crap decisions.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

This money will be used to make it safer by having more police and cameras in the system as well as later on platform doors in stations. and this doesn’t just to New Yorkers but to everyone.

[@cmmartti]

The congestion toll will directly fund the MTA with more than a billion dollars per year.

[@Legoman69469]

That’s what they want you to believe.. The truth is that those are great ambitions but the MTA doesn’t have a great track record with finishing projects and managing money well. It’s like giving a homeless alcoholic $20 to go get a haircut

[@richyp64]

Living in this sanctuary city is absolutely terrifying.

[@BlownMacTruck]

Uh huh. Everyone believes you live here.

[@x-men69-96]

you mean Democrat cities?

[@MileHile]

Ever think a mirror might reflect the true "absolutely terrifying" part of "living in this sanctuary city"

[@kevinmanan1304]

You can move bro. Sounds like you got papers. No one forcing you to stay

[@caroleclem1580]

Wow, I thought I would never say this. We now have the government of a local state and a local city. Yes they got traffic. They got a lot of people there try to get from point a to point B but you’ve got to punish the drivers by taxing them for driving at certain times during the day, tell me that’s one step of taking the freedom away from your every day life to be punished because there’s too many people in that house that you find so great awesome I avoid toll roads I’d rather go a little further away than spending money on the toll road, which was a Road for me to drive on originally before you guys decided to make income off of it Good luck, New Yorkers with that.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

There is a charge 24/7. But with less people driving the roads will be faster. And this applies to people from anywhere in the US at least. And whatever roads you’re going to be on will be faster and likely better maintained now that the roads are paying for themselves directly.

[@phurion.]

​@@QuarioQuario54321you really think that's the reason they are doing this? This is nothing but a stealth tax to fund governments pockets, this will improve nothing and if anything another reason for people to move out of new york or never go to manhattan

[@ntatenarin]

This can happen all over America? A big problem with this is not many cities have a good public transportation system to support other forms of longer distance travel.

[@BlownMacTruck]

Well cars aren’t the answer. This lowers traffic and puts money towards improving other forms of transit.

[@brothertoughlove]

It’s a scam

[@Bart-dg6qv]

What cities in the US have good public transportation? At the level comparable only to lowest European standards.

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@Bart-dg6qvAny of the cities you can live in without a car.

[@Bart-dg6qv]

@@BlownMacTruck Of course, but try to walk or bike 7 miles in rain. Unless you are ok with arriving 2 hours before any appointment. Simple idea - commute from EWR to JFK... And I'm not even talking about current crime state in democrat run cities.

[@walterbison]

This disproportionately affects the lower-middle income drivers much more than rich people. $15 is a much higher percentage of their income than it is of a wealthy person's. It's going to make NYC streets for rich drivers only.

[@BlownMacTruck]

Lol who do you think drives into Manhattan? Hint: no one low income.

[@aaroneliezerpilchick8774]

@@BlownMacTruck What kind of rubbish is that

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@aaroneliezerpilchick8774What exactly do you take issue with?

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

​@BlownMacTruck Not everyone who drives are rich. It's not expensive to buy used cars and people drive because they live in areas where public transit is either not an option or rather limited.

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@Atrail_Mckinley4786​​⁠You realize that driving into Manhattan and parking is already more expensive than the congestion toll price, right? No, of course you don’t.

[@SterlingHolmes1776]

Sure tax people for you know traveling to do economic activity and to just to get to places. Btw this should’ve been put to the voters not passed via ordnance.

[@Memed_Central]

But it’s extremely unpopular and would never pass that way!😂

[@kat8838]

It’s taxation without representation and goes against the native Americans treaties on tolls.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

This applies to everyone. Not just locals. If your car says it’s from California, you’ll be charged just as much as a New Yorker.

[@PublicHealthAdvocate]

it's the best policy NYC has ever approved.

[@aaroneliezerpilchick8774]

Why are drivers paying just so fare evaders can continue to ride the subways for free?

[@bengaltiger96]

So here's the thing: where are the proceeds going?

[@LawandOrder-fi5xk]

Watch people start moving out of NYC and businesses closing down. Vote these democrats out of office.

[@listenquitely2888]

Unless they agree to raise peoples pay, they need to come up with something else. Everything I'd expensive enough.

[@carolcotnoir6368]

NYC IS BROKE

[@MKOMKONNNN]

trucks /work vans /excessive construction permits being approved are a root cause of daytime gridlock but yes they are needed how about night deliveries is there reason for the gristdes truckd to drop off 20 pallets of groceries on the sidewalk in the middle of the day

[@Slyember]

No plates, no case, no stupid tolls

[@aviationfann]

Then everyone will start riding their bikes and eventually a toll will be placed for that. This is insanity.

[@haloforgeguy453]

Bikes don’t give kids asthma nor do they take up much space

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Another tax

[@WarHawk-]

This 'congestion pricing' is not going to reduce traffic and is nothing more than just another way for leveling an additional 'tax' on the driver, resident, or visitor - depending on how it's collected.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

With the price it has been shown to work and increase revenue.

[@WarHawk-]

@@QuarioQuario54321 - I agree that it has been shown to increase revenue, but as to working? New York City is not as spread out as other places like LA, making a more confined congestion area which is going to impact drivers whom, in many cases, do not have the option of going to other less congested areas for business or shopping reasons like they do in a less compacted city. Being from the West Coast, I've never seen something like people having to double or even triple park in order to drop someone off or to make a delivery.

[@PublicHealthAdvocate]

it will reduce traffic. less pollution. better traffic flow. too many cars make roads inefficent.

[@johnhudelson2652]

I have a feeling congestion won't be a problem in NYC in less than 5 years with businesses and people leaving the city.

[@maryjeanjones7569]

Can't even imagine the amount of pollution caused from all the gas fumes. How does anyone survive breathing that dreadful air!

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

This will only make it worse as it will just spread that pollution to the outer boroughs.

[@nishiljaiswal2216]

@@Atrail_Mckinley4786that’s why should it be implemented city wide

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

@nishiljaiswal2216 And spread it to other communities outside the city? No it shouldn't. This won't reduce pollution but will just spread it elsewhere.

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

@nishiljaiswal2216 No it shouldn't. It will just make pollution worse in communities outside the zone. Communities outside the city do not need worse pollution. It's also clear that most New Yorkers don't even support this given recent polling.

[@dgek3]

Like ULEZ in London?

[@Jttw2131]

Rather than argue with each other, citizens can vote politicians who dont do a good job out if office.

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

Where's my cheesburger?

[@kathleen0303]

“Stupid Is As Stupid Does”

[@atlexpress5236]

How about the MTA start by collecting train and bus fares first

[@PublicHealthAdvocate]

AWESOME! Too many cars, drivers don't pay nearly enough. There should be a per mile fee on ALL motor vehicles--set it exponentially by vehicle weight.

[@ReRiderChi]

License plates are easy to obscure and their enforcement is laughable. While I may only drive into Manhattan 2-3x a month, I don't intend to pay.

[@palmtreewhisperer]

Power to the people! ✊🏻

[@Impozalla]

It makes sense. Traffic in Houston is way worse than New York. Houston should consider a similar idea to deal with traffic congestion.

[@NotBen101]

They need well funded public transit. Right now the only people taking the bus in Houston probably all have DWIs.

[@Memed_Central]

They wouldn’t even allow red light cameras 10 years ago! Good luck with that.😂

[@user-fb6hy2eh5y]

The audacity is use Singapore as an example. Singapore's public transit is at a level of efficiency, cleanliness, and safety that NYC could never get to. Singaporean civility is at a bar no American city could ever achieve.

[@Rachel4954]

I'm just gonna say it. There's no way to make a solution that everyone will like. People wanna say public transport isn't safe or clean, yet if we try to make rules or laws to make a difference, people don't care, take a second to remember the one ordinance we've ever had that made people think about others safety and lives for a second, now if you look at countries that have safe transport they've had the social norm to wear a mask when sick no matter what for years. I'm not bringing this up as a mask aurgment, more of an you can see the difference between American attitudes towards others with this. Another example is a video showing a womens only capartment in Japan on the subway, cue an American man being so dumbfounded at the prospect that he parades through recording. Maybe we should start holding each other accountable instead of looking the other way. Then maybe we could actually start having good public transport, less congested roads, and an overall better community.

[@America-The-Great]

Keep voting Democrat. More taxes sanctuary cities more crime and less freedom

[@BlimpCityFeeder]

Knoxville has subways?

[@Somberdemure]

Keep your belief in government.🤡

[@WarHawk-]

The biggest reason these places are so crowded is because they are typically nice places where people prefer to live.

[@chiemekaa]

It's not just about taxing for congestion. There also has to be a commensurate improvement in public transportation safety and efficiency to make using it desirable in the first place. NYC's current train and bus system leaves a lot to be desired especially when compared to other cities with congestion pricing.

[@haloforgeguy453]

The money goes right to those transit authority for upgrades

[@timemachine20yearsago73]

So like London basically ?

[@kevinheneghan74]

Think about any fuel cost more than toll in New York City

[@MJLambert]

Enough with the puns at the end of puff pieces. After decades….It’s unbearable at this point.

[@SterlingHolmes1776]

It’s the fault of city planners and city hall not the people of NYC who are being punished for city hall’s failure for over a century.

[@ccasey646]

Aren't Singapore's and London's public transit wildly better than New York's? So this is going to be awful.

[@greenwug563]

the worst traffic I seen in New York

[@randylotito8045]

RIGHT HERE I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE A N.Y.C. $$$ CONGESTION PRICEING BOOTH ON GRAND S.T. & F.D.R. DRIVE.

[@eltorosanchez4158]

Charging $15 per car for it only to go down less than 20%?

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Which is a noticeable improvement, plus all the buses in NY will go faster and with this money they’ll make the subway and buses even faster as well as safer and more reliable

[@Legoman69469]

Time will tell. I wouldn’t use the word “will” yet. Especially not with the MTA

[@seymorefact4333]

⛔⛔ Soon, you won't be able to leave outside a 15 min. zone! This is what the WEF wants. ⛔⛔

[@waikintang8246]

Commie is clever.

[@ArtisanVibe]

NY sucks.

[@A3Kr0n]

Surge pricing is bad unless the government wants it.

[@adamhuffman3354]

Yea government needs it’s citizens money. We must compensate our great leaders for their time and wisdom.

[@gingerredshoes]

Exploitative of working people.

[@kevinheneghan74]

Enough is enough on toll in New York. drive for free in downtown. They want the money take it out for the drug dealers they have money.

[@yourethesugarhoneyicedtea]

they can just ride the metro train or subway. y'all don't need to drive in NYC

[@dirtylizardneck3890]

So bring my car on the train with me? So I could continue to deliver instacart to people 🤡 🤡

[@njbusnut]

​@@dirtylizardneck3890 You can park at a train station, and you can do Instacart on a bike.

[@vanyac6448]

I agree with this. People call it a tax on the poor, but NYC is the one part of America where this isn’t the case. Furthermore, in an area as dense as downtown Manhattan, the space needed to move around something the size of a car is a luxury that you should have to pay for. Because giving that space away for free isn’t gonna be free to the pedestrians and cyclists who you’d be displacing, bus riders who’ll experience delays due to traffic, and literally anyone who’d use space set aside for parking for a different purpose. Obviously most interviewed will be against it if you only interview drivers of private vehicles (which you are here).

[@jamalwilburn228]

Poor don't own cars in NYC

[@ronbennett7885]

Or better yet limit population. Infinite growth isn't sustainable.

[@freshmclovin4593]

Only rich folk live in downtown Manhattan so there simply clearing the roads to make the rich folk happy no other reason 😂😂😂😂😂 to think that poor people that have to ride bikes and the train actually live in Manhattan😂😂😂 the people that work in many a cant live in Manhattan😂😂😂😂

[@vanyac6448]

@@freshmclovin4593 Hard fact remains that congestion pricing will work in people to getting cars off the road, and that that's necessary for emergency vehicles to arrive at their destination promptly when traffic is this slow. So if rich people support it because it'll result in clearer roads for them, they're doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

[@heyaisdabomb]

​@@vanyac6448 The problem is who do you think works in the coffee shops, the fast food restaurants, ect. in Manhattan? Saying everyone in New York is rich is not even close to the truth. These people have to live outside the zone, and commute in. The biggest problem I see with the way this is being implemented though is there's no exemption for fire fighters, EMS, police officers, or delivery trucks. The prices of everything will go up because it will cost more to deliver it to the stores.

[@bankergeorge]

Use fake plates

[@SterlingHolmes1776]

This is taxing freedom of movement and decision making of the method to get where you need to go.

[@miroslavtomic8974]

Tax for this, tax for that, tax tax tax. When does it stop? When can the middle and lower income brackets live an easier life, not a harder one? This is just American Greed at its finest.

[@benwindbag]

Hm... Perhaps inspired by Paris?

[@Memed_Central]

NYC never fails to be corrupt to the bone. Driving is something u literally have to do. This is crazy this TAX got approved. Just another reason upon many to NEVER go there! The Simpsons was right! Lol

[@59_xgx]

Put some in downtown Brooklyn too

[@dirtylizardneck3890]

Aww clueless woman from Manhattan thinks I should give it a chance.. when after all bills and payments I have 100-200 left over in the end of the week and now I'm being told I have to give away most of my remaining money to enter my place of work. But she will order instacart to her Chelsea apt and expect the driver to be in Manhattan with his car who is barely scraping by and to just give a chance of having nothing to spend on him self it's ok.. this is just one example there are many already barely making it by and have to drive into the city that now have to give away their last money.??

[@haloforgeguy453]

Take the train you obviously cannot afford a car

[@fredgonzalez7136]

NYC is the first Democrat-run cesspit to approve congestion pricing.

[@Misfit636]

Land of the free🤣

[@BlownMacTruck]

I don’t think you understand what that phrase actually means. You’re free not to drive into Manhattan.

[@Memed_Central]

@@BlownMacTruckno freedom of travel?! Got it. 😂

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@Memed_CentralEh? You can travel freely into Manhattan. Driving and traveling are not equivalent.

[@manue3l1976]

Man, they got you guys by the balls and you guys ain’t doing nothing about it. 😂

[@DAnnaHawkinsHensley-kf8nm]

I asked for a ride to the bus station they didn't give me a ride to the bus station and when I said something about tomorrow there's no excuses so I was just take a taxi later this morning

[@ronbennett7885]

Another price of open borders. Long as population grows so will fees. Less freedom for lower income people who will be mostly relegated to small apartments with limited transportation options.

[@stefanossmitty3318]

What borders are “open” and when did they become open?

[@_JackNapier]

​@@stefanossmitty3318Why are you asking someone other than Google? Educate yourself.

[@stefanossmitty3318]

@@_JackNapier I won’t rely on you for sure 😂

[@elfuturomio]

🤣

[@mikefallon9157]

Tolls incentivize public transportation. Toll revenues will go to MTA. Less crowded, New Yorkers lives = better.

[@Legoman69469]

Less crowded and less businesses. Less businesses then less jobs. Less jobs, then more crime

[@mikefallon9157]

@@Legoman69469 there won’t be less people. There will however be less cars. As a matter of fact, toll revenues going to MTA = better and easier access to businesses.

[@Legoman69469]

@@mikefallon9157 You are assuming that money will be well spent.

[@ripvanwinkle4532]

I’m sure this is going to work out great just like the other Democrats good ideas. That is sarcasm

[@joeshmoe-rl7bk]

AGENDA 2030

[@x-men69-96]

Vote Democrat. That’s why you get

[@cuppa_coffee_nyc]

RIOT

[@robertmoura7546]

All over the world there is congestion and automobile manufacturers are only interested in selling, having said that what will the money be used for??, second is that this is only a temporary patch not a solution, but if something is not done on a effective way traffic will come to a halt.

[@sexyMan3926]

Not yet pending lawsuits still in works

[@YourMom-vl2sp]

Lol 🤣😂 liberals 🤣😂

[@BlownMacTruck]

Ok bot.

[@sacrificialsuicide8007]

Al the democrats that voted for this complaining.

[@59_xgx]

Put some in downtown Brooklyn too

[@ikeski123]

Might as well 😒