A modern, clean public transit system is critical to meeting climate goals. A comprehensive congestion pricing plan will help New York get there.
- $1.5 billionTo be raised each year by congestion pricing
- 6 millionDaily commuters who rely on NYC subways
New York is on the front lines of climate action, but the city and state can’t achieve their ambitious climate goals with a public transit system that’s falling apart. Congested streets and an outdated, inefficient subway system mean New Yorkers struggle every day to get to their homes and jobs in a reliable, affordable and low-carbon way.
A growing coalition of businesses, advocates and community groups recognize congestion pricing as the solution. By charging drivers in the busiest and most traffic-choked part of Manhattan, congestion pricing would raise $1.5 billion every year to cut traffic and pollution, expand service to underserved communities and “transit deserts,” and help the city achieve its goal of an all-electric, clean bus fleet.
In the news
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Listen up, congestion pricing foes: The two main objections to charging cars and trucks to enter Manhattan's central business district don't hold up
New York Daily News
March 14, 2019
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NYC's Small Businesses Want Congestion Pricing
Forbes
March 11, 2019
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New York City's transit decay impedes achieving climate goals
City and State New York
October 10, 2018
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Small business begs state to speed up subways, roads with congestion pricing
Crain's New York
October 5, 2018
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Waiting and waiting on the platform: Why we need congestion pricing now
New York Daily News
September 8, 2018
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To fix the subway, vote in state elections. Then make sure lawmakers approve congestion pricing.
New York Times
September 5, 2018