Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop proposes a 'reverse congestion pricing' toll on crossings from New York into New Jersey, aiming to fund New Jersey's struggling mass transit system.
Could New Jersey have the last laugh? The gantries are up in Manhattan for the controversial congestion pricing toll, but Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who's also running for NJ governor, is floating the idea of a reverse congestion pricing toll. 'New Jersey has the same opportunity to push the buttons that New York is pushing against us,' Fulop said. 'We could do that to them, but the goal is to get to a table to have a reasonable solution.
'Fulop believes reverse congestion pricing is the answer to New York City's new toll.'There's plenty of crossings between Staten Island, New York, Bergen County, Hudson County into New Jersey,' Fulop said. 'There's plenty of opportunities to have the same sort of impact fee that New York is putting on New Jersey.'The idea is the money will go to fund New Jersey’s mass transit system, plagued by delays and cancelations.'My view is that New Jersey Transit is a terrible product, and it should be invested in more, and until you get a reliable transportation system in New Jersey, you can't responsibly think that people are going to take the trains,' Fulop said. 'But this was an opportunity to get hundreds of millions of dollars into New Jersey Transit, and I think the governor just took a very easy political approach.'There was an option for New Jersey to get hundreds of millions from New York's new toll, but that opportunity was lost in the midst of litigation. The details have yet to be flushed out, but Fulop says gantries or toll sites could be stationed outside of tunnels and bridges in New Jersey. Like congestion pricing, there may be exemptions or crossing credits.It’s unclear if, like congestion pricing, New Jerseyans would pay the toll to reenter their home state like some New Yorkers do.FOX 5 NY reached out to the MTA and transit advocacy groups to gauge their interest, but they declined to comment. We also reached out to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to get his take, but haven't heard back
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