Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Up to $ 25 a day
New York adopts city toll
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New York is once again leading the way: The metropolis wants to introduce a toll for cars and trucks and use the money to strengthen local public transport, i.e. the subway. The amount of the toll has not yet been determined, but the first figures are already in circulation.
New York will be the first city in the US to introduce a toll for cars and trucks. The New York State Parliament voted to collect the toll in Manhattan by the end of 2021 at the latest. This is to relieve the chronically congested streets of the metropolis with millions of people. The proceeds will benefit the New York subway.
The amount of the inner city toll has not yet been determined. It should be at least twelve dollars a day for cars and at least 25 dollars a day for trucks.
The Democratic Governor of New York, re-elected in November, Andrew Cuomo, had campaigned for the toll as well as environmental activists. Critics argue that the measure primarily affects commuters from the surrounding area who live far away from public transport. Many bridges and tunnels leading to Manhattan already have tolls to be paid. The new inner city toll comes on top.
The US has traditionally relied on car traffic and neglected local public transport. The New York toll could become a model for other metropolises such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, which also have to deal with a lot of traffic jams.
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