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Verrazzano Narrows Bridge to Begin Bi-directional Tolling

November 30, 2020 By New York Truckstop Leave a Comment

Bridge Tolls

MTA Bridges and Tunnels has advised that beginning on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at 2 am, tolls will be charged electronically in both directions at the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge. Since 1986, per federal legislation, tolls were only collected Staten Island bound. Now toll amounts will be split and motorists charged in both directions. The MTA […]

Filed Under: Fares Fees Tolls Tagged With: Bridge Tolls, congestion pricing, COVID-19

Fix NYC Congestion Pricing Plan to Trucks: Drop Dead!

January 23, 2018 By New York Truckstop Leave a Comment

congestion pricing

Pick any random three or four letters in the alphabet. Chances are you’ll hit a combination that stands for a tax on trucks in New York or a court or agency that assesses fines: HUT, IFTA, CMVT, PVB, TVB, OATH, the list goes on. Yet, apparently that isn’t enough, as Governor Cuomo’s Fix NYC advisory […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: congestion pricing

Congestion Pricing Through Cashless Tolling-Not Ready for Prime Time

January 16, 2018 By New York Truckstop Leave a Comment

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At the heart of any congestion pricing scheme is the ringing of Manhattan or Manhattan’s central business district with a cashless tolling system, that system is already being tested at MTA bridges and tunnels as well as the Thruway Authority’s Tappan Zee Bridge. While it works for many, the problems that have arisen show that […]

Filed Under: Fares Fees Tolls Tagged With: congestion pricing, Tappan Zee Bridge

Trucks: Not the MTA’s ATM

January 3, 2018 By New York Truckstop Leave a Comment

congestion pricing

The notion that trucks don’t pay their fair share and should pay additional fees to enter midtown Manhattan just to fund the MTA is absurd.  There’s no free ride for trucks.  Truckers pay 4-5 times higher registration fees than cars and pay additional surcharges if registered in the metro area.  They also pay a mileage-based […]

Filed Under: Fares Fees Tolls Tagged With: congestion pricing, MTA

The Congestion Pricing That New York Officials Should Really Focus On

November 17, 2017 By New York Truckstop Leave a Comment

Would you believe that there is something that can be done right now to increase funding for transit and infrastructure, reduce congestion, and level an unfair playing field? No, not Move NY or other tolling schemes. Those won’t reduce congestion and are patently unfair to outer borough businesses and commuters. What is needed is a […]

Filed Under: New York City Tagged With: congestion pricing

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