Sentences with phrase «congestion pricing plan called»

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We call on New Yorkers to sign our change.org petition demanding that Leaders Flanagan and Heastie work with the Governor to ensure that a robust congestion pricing plan is included in the final 2018 - 2019 state budget.

The Fix NYC plan calls for a staggered implementation of congestion pricing focused on Manhattan south of 60th Street that would first add new surcharges for companies like Uber and Lyft — between $ 2 and $ 5 per trip — and new tolls for commercial trucks.

In an interview on the Brian Lehrer show Friday morning, de Blasio demonstrated more openness to this congestion pricing plan than to a prior, much - circulated plan called Move NY that would have put new tolls on the East River bridges and lowered them between the outer boroughs.

«We're looking for a surcharge on those for - hire vehicles that are in the zone and dedicate that funding to the subway funding, long - term, and use it as step one in an overall congestion pricing plan,» Cuomo said during a Friday afternoon call to NY1.

While Cuomo has called for a congestion pricing plan that would create a system of tolls during peak hours, de Blasio has preferred a catch - all tax increase on the rich to pay for it.

Nor did Cuomo see passage of a larger congestion pricing plan, instead settling for what he's calling a first step: a surcharge on taxi and app - based rides in the Manhattan business district south of 96th Street.

On a recent conference call with a congestion - pricing supporters, Mr. Cuomo reassured them that he was not backing down and would push for a plan that included a congestion zone, according to people familiar with the discussion who did not want to be identified discussing a private conversation.

Congestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subCongestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subcongestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subway below.

The mayor also said that while it is not his first choice, the proposal from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to charge motorists new tolls for driving into the city's densest areas represents a big improvement over earlier so - called congestion pricing plans.

The groups, ALIGN NY and New York Communities for Change, will release a report calling for a mix of plans favored by both Cuomo — congestion pricing during peak travel times — and a millionaires tax — backed by de Blasio, to help bolster the finances of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

De Blasio does not support the Move New York plan, and has called congestion pricing a «regressive tax,» instead proposing his own tax on wealthy New Yorkers.

Now a state task force, called Fix NYC, has been assembled with the goal of developing another congestion pricing plan.

He said later this week his office would release a long - term plan called «Fix NYC» that includes a congestion pricing plan for commuters driving to different zones of New York City.

Mr. Cuomo has yet to release a detailed congestion - pricing plan, but most schemes being discussed call for tolling vehicles to enter crowded parts of Manhattan, and doing so in a way that that does not slow the flow of traffic.

MTA Board Member Scott Rechler — In a Crain's op - ed, the real estate executive and Regional Plan Association board chair joined TSTC's Veronica Vanterpool in calling for a progressive congestion pricing plan for New York CPlan Association board chair joined TSTC's Veronica Vanterpool in calling for a progressive congestion pricing plan for New York Cplan for New York City.