New York’s Transit Agency Approves $9 Congestion Toll
- New toll set to increase to original $15 charge by 2031
- Congestion pricing will finance transit infrastructure
Traffic on 10th Avenue in New York.
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/BloombergThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a revised congestion pricing plan for Manhattan that President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to terminate once he takes office.
The board of the MTA, which runs the city’s transit system and is implementing the new toll, voted 12 to 1 Monday to begin the program, which officials anticipate will provide $15 billion to modernize a more than 100-year-old system.