https://qns.com/story/2019/12/27/cou...stion-pricing/
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson believes the MTA is failing to properly prepare for its forthcoming congestion pricing program in Manhattan.
Johnson raised red flags over a “lack of communication and transparency” in a letter to the transit authority earlier this week as the MTA moves closer to its 2021 deadline to implement a new toll structure for cars entering Manhattan below 96th Street.
“[T]he lack of communication and transparency from the MTA raises concerns that we are not adequately preparing to launch a successful congestion pricing program by January 2021,” Johnson wrote in the letter, Dated Dec. 23. “For planning purposes, we are fortunate that New York is not the first to implement a congestion pricing scheme. Yet, it is not clear that the MTA is relying on the successes and lessons of other cities’ programs to ensure congestion pricing in New York achieves its intended goals.”
The state Legislature passed a congestion pricing framework earlier this eye as a way to reduce traffic in Manhattan’s busiest areas while also raising roughly $15 billion for major MTA projects. But the exact price of tolls; regional discounts and tech used to track and charge vehicles are all still unclear. A six-member Traffic Mobility Review Board will craft those critical details at some point this year.
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