A milestone in the process toward bringing congestion pricing to Lower Manhattan.
The Federal Highway Administration had declared there's no reason to derail or postpone congestion pricing – the plan to toll drivers coming intoThe go-ahead is based on the findings of the project's final environmental assessment.
"We studied the traffic intersections going down to almost Philadelphia, every possible air quality scenario, all the social justice and physical impacts."The study also considered feedback from dozens of public meetings and tens of thousands of comments. RELATED: "There are only a very, very small percentage of people who actually drive to the central business district," Lieber said. MTA congestion pricing suggestions
The MTA said it would come up with a 25% discount program for eligible drivers. There was concern the toll would ravage the taxi and ride-share industries.Then there are the tractor-trailers, the MTA got in front of that by offering companies a steep 50%-plus discount on tolls between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m., when many start making deliveries.None of these mitigations are guaranteed, but they're available, clearing up concerns and pushing the project forward.
"There will probably be somebody who wants to challenge this legally, but I'm confident that this 4,000-page document is going to stand up to scrutiny," Lieber said. After that, the Federal Highway Administration will make it final decision on congestion pricing. DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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