MTA unveils new Congestion Relief Zone signs
A single one-block stretch of First Avenue between 60th and 61st streets will now cost drivers $9 as they come off the Queens boro Bridge — even though they’re driving north and away from the zone.
“I didn’t think I’d get charged here,” the Con Ed worker said. “I don’t even have E-ZPass so I’m guessing I’m paying the most. This sucks. I probably won’t come into the city for work. I’ll stay in the Bronx.“I feel bad for all the people this will hurt,” the Astoria resident said. “It will hurt all the poor people here. We don’t have business now. This will kill us. The city does whatever they want to do.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing plan, which kicked in on Sunday, charges vehicles driving into Manhattan a new toll starting at 60th Street and below from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.Manhattan attorney Carlos Carbajal said his building’s parking garage empties onto 60th Street — and into the congestion pricing zone.Cars are charged $9 per day for entering the toll zone during those hours, while motorcycles pay $4.50, small trucks $14.40, and large trucks $21.60.
The money raised by the controversial plan will go to the MTA to help pay for the transit agency’s $15 billion capital plan, state officials said.
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