Congestion Pricing

Getting to the city that doesn’t sleep will soon cost you an extra Hamilton.

On Monday, NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority board fast-tracked Governor Kathy Hochul’s revised “congestion pricing” plan. Beginning in January, drivers entering Manhattan south of 60th Street will face a new $9 toll, which drops to $3 after 9 PM (see more details). 

A $15 version was set to go into effect in June, but Hochul paused the plan due to “unintended consequences for New Yorkers.” The reduction to $9 is temporary; planned hikes will raise the toll to $12 in 2028 and $15 in 2031. The tolling is expected to generate the $15B needed to update NYC’s 120-year-old transit system.

Critics say the toll is a political move with “huge consequences for the entire region”; President-elect Trump has said he’d seek to terminate it once in office.

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Verse to consider when two sides are fighting over the right thing to do… “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.” 
Proverbs 2:6 (CSB) (read full passage)