When New York next year launches the first-in-the-nation plan to charge motorists driving into the core of Manhattan, the hope is that new tolls will help bankroll billions in eventual transit improvements that will lure drivers out of cars and onto mass transit, bicycles and sidewalks.īut as the Central Business District Tolling Program nears its spring launch date, questions are being raised about whether the city and MTA are doing enough to convince motorists driving south of 60th Street and into the so-called congestion zone to ditch cars for other modes of transportation.Įxpert observers note while there are many driver penalties and fees associated with congestion pricing, there are few actual improvements to alternatives to driving.
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