#Congestion pricing nyc drivers
Instead, New Jersey drivers will have to pay $11 to enter Manhattan while New York drivers will only have to pay $8. No longer will they have their tolls offset the congestion price as New York drivers enjoy. That plan placed a large burden on drivers, but at least it is was fair.īut last week you secretly changed the plan to include a special surcharge on New Jersey drivers. Thus, whether someone was paying a toll to cross the Triborough Bridge or to cross the George Washington Bridge, the congestion price would be discounted by the amount paid in toll. Such a scheme would be extremely unfair to New Jersey drivers and an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce.Īs originally devised, your congestion pricing plan was designed to allow tolls paid by drivers at bridges and tunnels entering Manhattan to offset the congestion price drivers would be charged for driving in Manhattan below 60th Street.
I write to express my strong opposition to any congestion pricing plan that would unfairly burden New Jersey drivers entering Manhattan with higher fees than commuters entering Manhattan from the outer boroughs. New York City would receive $354 million in federal funding for mass transit service improvements if the New York State Assembly approves the congestion pricing plan. Under the revised plan, New Jersey drivers would have to pay an additional $3.00. The original plan would have allowed the tolls paid by drivers entering Manhattan at bridges and tunnels to offset the congestion pricing cost. The new plan, which would charge $8.00 to New York drivers that travel below 60th Street in Manhattan from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekdays, would cost New Jersey drivers $11.00. This surcharge is unconstitutional because it specifically singles out and punishes movement into Manhattan from our state." "This plan is doubly unfair since New York City stands to gain $354 million in federal funds, while the 140,000 New Jerseyans who commute to Manhattan will not see any of it. "We need to put the brakes on this plan before New Jerseyans get squeezed," said Senator Menendez. In addition, Senator Menendez has written the Federal Highway Administration to request that New York be denied federal funding linked to the congestion-pricing plan (PDF of letter: ). Senator Menendez has written Bloomberg to highlight the inequities for New Jerseyans under the plan and make the case that it is unconstitutional (PDF of letter: ). Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is expressing his opposition to the revised congestion pricing plan put forth by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg by urging Bloomberg and the federal government to reconsider their support for it.
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