Source: nj.com
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Motorists roll south on 7th Avenue in Times Square, Friday, March 29, 2019, in New York. Long ringed by some of the most expensive toll roads in the U.S., New York City is poised to take things even further with a plan to use automated license plate readers to charge drivers who motor into the most congested parts of Manhattan during times when crosstown traffic is at its worst.
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) APNew Jersey drivers are used to heavy traffic getting into Manhattan but “congestion pricing” is something different, and potentially even more aggravating.
State lawmakers in New York approved a first-in-the-nation plan that will impose fees, still undetermined, on drivers entering Manhattan south of 61st Street, possibly starting in 2021.
The stated goal of congestion pricing is to alleviate traffic in the most densely-traveled part of the Manhattan while raising funds for primarily subway improvements, but that will be thanks in no small part to workers and other travelers from New Jersey.
Congestion pricing is shaping up as the latest in a long line of turf battles between New Jersey and New York.
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop on Monday floated the idea of state lawmakers in Trenton retaliating by imposing a commuter tax on New York City residents.
“We can do the same thing,” Fulop told NJ Advance Media.
If NY does a commuter tax that only funds @MTA + exempts NYC residents from the tax – why should NJ not implement a commuter tax on NYC residents leaving NYC that exempts NJ residents so WE can fund our transit. Reality is…
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