NYC’s Revised Congestion Proposal Would Raise Fee to $15 by 2031
- Transit agency poised to vote on Manhattan toll plan on Monday
- Extra revenue would finance $15 billion for transit upgrades
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New York City transit officials are set to vote Monday on a revised toll program that would charge most motorists $9 to drive into large sections of Manhattan starting in January, with the fee set to increase to $15 by 2031.
The $9 toll would bring in revenue that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the city’s transit network, would borrow against to modernize a more than 100-year-old system beset by delays and needed upgrades. New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday restarted the tolling plan — after abruptly pausing it in June — and slashed the original pricing structure by 40%.