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New York approves the first congestion toll in the US: $15 to enter Manhattan (english.elpais.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you saying every 15 minutes is too infrequent for off peak? Because that seems pretty frequent to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apologies, I was incorrect. The typical off peak day time schedule spreads out to about 20-30 wait times between rides. I do believe this to be a huge problem. They used to be more frequent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Well the first time around this was to be introduced, there was a full toll rebate for NJ drivers, which caused the Port Authority (who run most things NJ-NY within 50 miles of Statue of Liberty, including PATH and the tunnels) to raise their tolls to the full price of the proposed fee ($8 roughly 15 years ago iirc). Thats why toll credit was a non starter for many remembering the PA’s actions the first time around, and ended up being limited to $5.