Congestion Pricing

An express bus pulls out of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel in Lower Manhattan.

MTA

New Jersey Buses to Boost NYC Express Bus Service for Congestion Pricing, Even as State Sues

May 14, 2024, 4:55 a.m.May 13, 2024, 4:29 p.m.

Extra runs on six bus lines linking Staten Island and Brooklyn to Manhattan aim to get New Yorkers out of their cars as a $15-per-car-ride fee looms.

Congestion Pricing

MTA Green-Lights Manhattan Toll Plan

March 27, 2024, 4:43 p.m.March 27, 2024, 5:44 p.m.

The Wednesday vote of approval was expected, but congestion pricing still faces speed bumps in the form of lawsuits.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks at Columbus Circle about improving bus service as part of the congestion pricing rollout.

Transit

Boosts to Bus Service Must Come With Congestion Pricing, State Pols Say

Feb. 8, 2024, 5:25 p.m.Feb. 10, 2024, 8:39 a.m.

A new $90 million proposal would increase service frequency and triple the number of bus routes that offer fare-free rides.

MTA

Teachers Union Files Lawsuit to Halt Congestion Pricing

Jan. 4, 2024, 4:58 p.m.Jan. 4, 2024, 5:17 p.m.

The Staten Island borough president also ed the suit from the United Federation of Teachers.

MTA union leader John Samuelsen talks about ongoing labor disputes with the state regarding overtime pay, May 16, 2019.

Traffic

Union Boss Quits Congestion Pricing as It Releases New Details of Tolling Plan

Nov. 30, 2023, 4:45 p.m.Nov. 30, 2023, 4:45 p.m.

As the MTA filled in key details Thursday on a plan to toll motorists driving into the core of Manhattan as a way to fund mass transit improvements, a member of the that shaped the congestion pricing proposal resigned in protest. Labor leader John Samuelsen yanked his name off the congestion pricing recommendations issued […]

MTA

Is Congestion Pricing All Pain, No Gain for Motorists?

Sept. 18, 2023, 12:22 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:07 a.m.

Expert observers and former transit officials say the MTA and the city are using too many “sticks” and not enough “carrots” in their rollout of the pioneering tolling system set to launch next year.

Transportation

Congestion Pricing Scanners Debut on Broadway, As Lawsuit Looms

Aug. 9, 2023, 1:51 p.m.Aug. 9, 2023, 2:23 p.m.

New scanning devices hover over streets near Columbus Circle, the first tangible signs of the tolls motorists will be charged to drive into Midtown Manhattan.

Traffic

Congestion Pricing Inches Closer to Finish Line With New Details From Transit Agencies

May 12, 2023, 6:01 a.m.May 12, 2023, 11:57 a.m.

The latest “environmental assessment” fleshes out how the MTA expects the tolling system to reduce traffic below 60th Street and raise billions for system upgrades.