Over the next few days the MTA will hold several hearings to hear community proposals.
Yesterday, during the first hearing, more than 100 people expressed their comments, some even had to be removed from the premises for raising their voices.
“It is outrageous, criminal, it is a crime for New Yorkers,” shouted one of the attendees who had to be removed by security from the place.
Some organizations were in favor of the rate by pointing out that the resources obtained will be used to improve sustainable mobility.
“The congestion toll is what brings in the money to improve public transportation,” said Samuel Santaella, of the organization, Riders Alliance.
Separately, taxi driver Héctor Germán commented that the rate will have negative consequences by increasing the price of trips to that area of Manhattan that receives more than 40,000 units of public transportation daily.
“That dollar and 25 cents that they have to pay, there are people who have to get off up to 6 times in a day, it is not only defending the taxi community but also our poor community,” said Germán.
How much will congestion tolling cost in Manhattan?
The approved proposal includes a $15 fee for cars, while vans and medium trucks would pay $24 and large trucks $36.
Regular taxis would charge passengers $1.25 and app services like Uber would have a direct user fee of $2.50.
Motorcycles will have to pay a fee of $7.50.
There will be a $5 discount for cars coming from the Lincoln Tunel, Holland Tunel and the tunnels that connect to Queens and Brooklyn.
The proposal includes a 75 percent discount for those who circulate on weekdays between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am and on weekends between 9:00 pm and 9:00 am.
There will also be a discount for people with disabilities.
Government vehicles such as garbage trucks would not be included in the charge.
It would come into force from June.
These are the approved congestion charges for Manhattan:
$15 cars
$7.50 motorcycles
$From 24 to 36 trucks and cargo vans
$1.25 for yellow taxis per trip
$2.50 for taxi app per trip
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1/11
Edwin Martínez, 13 years old, was in his last year of middle school, was preparing to make his first communion and dreamed of being a mechanic, but a traffic accident took away his dreams.
2/11
This Monday night a vigil was held in memory of Edwin Martínez, a young man who died on Sunday in a car accident.
3/11
Martínez, 13, was traveling with his teenage cousin in a BMW car when they were hit by another car at an intersection in Newark and the minor lost his life.
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4/11
The fatal accident occurred Sunday around 9:50 p.m. at the intersection of Clifton Avenue and Montclair Avenue.
5/11
The car in which they were traveling was hit squarely by a black sedan, which the family presumes to be a stolen car.
6/11
Family and friends gathered at the intersection to hold a vigil in Edwin’s memory.
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7/11
“I hoped to see him alive, but since my child was coming from that side, the car killed him with a single (hit). I don’t have a male child,” his mother Xenia Martínez explained between sobs.
8/11
The woman commented that both young people were returning from dinner. The cousin was talking on the phone with his girlfriend when the impact occurred. The teenager’s girlfriend called her mother who immediately ran to the scene, where she observed the car practically destroyed.
9/11
Authorities have not confirmed the information, but witnesses to the accident told Univision that the driver was detained and two other passengers fled the accident.
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10/11
The youngest was in his last year of middle school, was preparing to make his first communion and dreamed of being a mechanic.
11/11
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the accident.
2024-03-01 14:13:19
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