Long Island officials have made it known that they have had enough. They wish to ask Governor Kathy Hochul to stop the congestion pricing plan, as they’re certain it won’t be worth the expenses. According to officials, there’s an estimate that commuters, drivers and mort will be charged about $36 a day just to maintain their lives to be totally normal. Such a plan is noted to be the equivalent of “highway robbery.” Of course, it isn’t necessarily all about clean air, as the traffic is really always going to be incongruent. It’s not necessarily traced to anything but money, which is consistently being thrown away to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Officials all over believe that such heavy discussion about the plan isn’t quite worth the whole cut down on cars, if not raising revenue for the MTA.
Long Island Rail Road President made a press release, consisting of the statement that follows: “The vast majority of Long Islanders who go to Manhattan use mass transit and take advantage of all these capital investments, and don’t contribute to the extreme congestion that causes ambulances, police, fire, and buses to be unable to move.”
This whole congestion pricing business is risky.
Businesses in Manhattan can be worried regarding the congestion pricing plan. The 60-day public comment period shows how people can measure up to ask questions and potentially weigh in on what they think of the plan.
Congestion pricing can impose a $15 fee for vehicles that enter Manhattan below 60th Street, all as trucks pay only $24 through $36, all while dependent on size, whereas motorcycles only pay $7.50, and taxis themselves have to pay just about $1.25, while rideshare vehicles themselves pay only $2.50.
On Wednesday, it was discovered that the environmental assessment had been conducted by the MTA and various partners, given that the MTA can keep the right to increase the congestion pricing toll by 25% on gridlock alert days which could likely total up in $18.75.
This is problematic, as the MTA may even raise or lower the tolls up to 10% in congestion pricing’s very own 12 months.
Congestion Pricing, in Governor Kathy Hochul’s eyes, believes clean air and stronger transit and less gridlock will allow for a positive result on NYC. But Long Islanders don’t see it like that.
