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The MTA held its first hearings on the congestion pricing plan on September 23, 2021, in which it announced draft toll rates. At the time, the peak toll was planned to range from $9 to $23, while for drivers with E-ZPass, off-peak and nighttime tolls would be lower.
The MTA's congestion pricing plan for Manhattan will go into effect on June 30. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority officially passed the plan that will charge vehicles entering Manhattan...
However, it was theoretically possible for the MTA to have a toll collection rate of over 100 percent, because the $50 and $100 fines for late toll payments have been added to the sum of tolls collected, but not added to the sum of tolls incurred by drivers. This may obscure both sources of toll revenue and causes of toll revenue loss for the MTA.
The MTA held public input sessions on congestion pricing, but many New Yorkers still don't know how Manhattan tolls will affect their lives.
The recommended pricing approved by all but one member sets the base toll at $15 no more than once a day for passenger vehicles. Trucks should be charged $24 or $36, depending on their type.
MTA board members voted 11-1 Wednesday to approve a congestion pricing structure that includes a $15 toll for most vehicles to enter Manhattan at 60th Street and below.
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern United States, Midwestern United States, and Southern United States.
Among the TMRB recommendations are a $15 toll for cars and a truck charge of either $24 or $36 depending on the size, according to the report obtained by NorthJersey.com.
Tolls on MTA bridges and tunnels are set to go up just after midnight on Sunday — and the percentage amount of the hike is greater than that planned for subway and bus fares.
The Port Authority collected tolls for drivers who used the bridge in either direction; as with the Holland Tunnel, the toll was set at 50 cents for passenger cars, with different toll rates for other vehicle types. Pedestrians paid a toll of 10 cents each, which was lowered to 5 cents in 1934.