After decades of delays and challenges, including a failed, last-ditch effort by the State of New Jersey to stop it in court, congestion pricing has arrived in the heart of New York City.
For the better part of a century, supporters of the tolling program have sold it as a way to reduce paralyzing gridlock while raising money from the drivers who contribute to it. The plan will help generate $15 billion for crucial upgrades to the region’s mass transit system.
" toll rates will rise to $12 by 2028, and to $15 by 2031."
