Rush hour traffic jam with taxis and cars merging on Varick Street towards the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan, New York City. Image © Ryan DeBerardinis via Shutterstock ...
WASHINGTON: New York City drivers on Monday had to pay US$9 to enter Manhattan under the first such congestion fee in the US, which seeks to raise billions for mass transit and reduce traffic jams.
Drivers entering Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods will now have to pay up to $9 in congestion charges during peak hours, as New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing officially ...
Congestion pricing is being introduced in New York at a time when traffic has surged on city streets since nearly disappearing five years ago in 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
New York's new toll for drivers entering ... The toll, known as congestion pricing, is meant to reduce traffic gridlock in the densely packed city while also raising money to help fix its ailing ...
New York City launched a new congestion toll for motorists entering Manhattan, marking the first such toll to be launched in the United States.
Janette Sadik-Khan, the former New York City transportation commissioner, has warned of this. She thinks that a 20 percent reduction in traffic, if it isn’t accompanied by the closure of a ...