New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has taken a step to revive congestion pricing before President-elect Donald Trump, who opposes the extra toll, takes office.
In recent days, the governor’s office asked the U.S. Department of Transportation whether implementing congestion pricing with lower tolls than the planned $15 for drivers entering parts of Manhattan would require another lengthy environmental review, two people with knowledge of the conversations told POLITICO. They were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.
“She’s asking for it to go from $15 to $9,” said one of the people, a board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Hochul halted congestion pricing just before the MTA was to begin tolling drivers entering Manhattan’s central business district this summer, revenue the transit agency slotted for repairs and upgrades to its aging system. Congestion pricing was expected to help raise $15 billion.
