NYC Congestion Pricing

[Essen est zich]

This will only hurt the middle class every more...

[shapsam]

ס'עסט זיך אויף די געזינט

[Joel]

It will be another tax. Just add it to the expense we pay for the privilege of living in NYC

[ellemeno]

It will be another tax fine. Just add it to the expense we pay for the privilege crime of living in NYC

FTFY

[Essen est zich]

Another reason to move out of NYC...

[EliJelly]

FDR exit 4 or 3 to take the Williamsburg Bridge is history. Now pay $8 for RFK bridge to avoid paying $15 by staying on FDR. 

[cgr]

FDR exit 4 or 3 to take the Williamsburg Bridge is history. Now pay $8 for RFK bridge to avoid paying $15 by staying on FDR. 

Will the FDR and West Side Highway be included in the congestion pricing? Or is it only if you exit onto the streets?

[EliJelly]

Will the FDR and West Side Highway be included in the congestion pricing? Or is it only if you exit onto the streets?

The highways that connects right to the bridges, no. If you need to go with the streets then yes. Williamsburg Bridge is out of the question, no highway ramps there. Brooklyn Bridge has ramps. West Side Highway not sure how they view the lower Manhattan portion but there are ramps to the Battery Tunnel and to the Brooklyn Bridge.

[EliJelly]

Looks like staying on West Side Highway/West St. won't be tolled.

The toll does not apply to FDR Drive, West Side Highway, and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connecting to West Street. However, you will be tolled if you exit from an excluded roadway onto a street within the CBD

[JMHO]

Looks like staying on West Side Highway/West St. won't be tolled.

*for right now

[Essen est zich]

Looks like staying on West Side Highway/West St. won't be tolled.

Correct.

Several things to note, the toll will be $4 out of peak hours.

Going to brooklyn bridge from holland tunnel will take another 15+ min to avoid the toll via the west side highway. I assume that traffic will increase to at least 25min each way.

 
 

[cgr]

https://abcnews.go.com/General/transit-officials-approve-new-york-city-traffic-congestion/story?id=108564488

Drivers who earn less than $50,000 per year can apply for a discounted fee. Additionally, drivers who enter the congestion zone from the Lincoln, Holland, Battery, and Queens-Midtown tunnels will receive a credit against the $15 fee, since they’re also paying a toll at the tunnels.