Sentences with phrase «proposed congestion pricing plan»

For instance, if a proposed congestion pricing plan charges a fixed amount to anyone who comes within a set boundary drawn around the downtown district during business hours, electronic cash would work well.

The governor has proposed a congestion pricing plan to fund the MTA which would charge vehicles driving into Manhattan below 60th St. De Blasio had opposed congestion pricing, but has been more muted in his criticism since Cuomo's plan was released last week.

Forty - nine percent of voters in New York disapproved of how Gov. Andrew Cuomo is handling mass transit in the state, while a plurality also disapproved of a proposed congestion pricing plan that is aimed at raising money for trains and buses in New York City, according to a Quinnipiac University poll on Thursday.

Details on a proposed congestion pricing plan will be further fleshed out in a report to be released later this week by the Fix New York City Commission, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters on Monday.

A proposed congestion pricing plan could cost motorists up to $ 11.52 to drive into the busiest part of Manhattan, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Fix NYC panel.

A proposed congestion pricing plan by the New York Assembly would charge yellow taxis differently than for - hire services like Uber and Lyft.

Not exact matches

Uber and taxi customers would have to shell out all the fees under the state Assembly's proposed congestion - pricing plan, while private vehicles and commercial trucks would not be charged to drive into Manhattan.

Facing growing pressure to create a dedicated revenue stream for the MTA, which has proposed an $ 836 million plan to reverse failing subway performance, Cuomo last summer declared congestion pricing as an «idea whose time has come.»

Modern congestion pricing plans, including the Move NY plan proposed by transportation engineer «Gridlock» Sam Schwartz, have gained support from several elected leaders.

It's been a decade since former Mayor Michael Bloomberg first proposed bringing congestion pricing to Manhattan, and in the years since, the plan — despite having the support of transit advocates and some New York City officials — has gone basically nowhere.

There is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding that budget as Governor Andrew Cuomo continues to consider what exactly to propose in terms of overhauling the state tax system in response to the new federal tax code, which has especially significant ramifications for New York, and in terms of a congestion pricing plan for New York City.

QUEENS, NY — Queens elected officials issued the following joint statement about the congestion pricing plan proposed by Move NY: «The «Move NY Fair Plan» is far from fair and lacks any promise of retuplan proposed by Move NY: «The «Move NY Fair Plan» is far from fair and lacks any promise of retuPlan» is far from fair and lacks any promise of returns.

De Blasio has proposed his own plan — a «millionaire's tax» on top earners to pay for the transit upgrades — and affirmed his longtime opposition to congestion pricing.

The mayor said he told the governor there are some «bottom line matters» that are «essential» to the city and that he has has been «very open - minded» about the congestion pricing plan proposed by Fix New York City, a panel formed by Cuomo last year to study the issue.

Cuomo has said he would propose some type of congestion - pricing plan that would charge motorists entering busy parts of Manhattan at peak hours, with the revenue generated going to the MTA.

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.

Lower outer borough bridge tolls and money for roads and bridges were in an earlier plan proposed by Move NY, a grass - roots campaign, as a way to garner broader support by distributing the costs and benefits of congestion pricing more equitably across the city.

When it comes to ways to fund improvements to mass transit, the majority of polled residents favor taxing millionaires, a plan proposed by de Blasio, over a congestion pricing plan.

Lisa DelValle, a spokeswoman for Weprin, said while the plan had been originally proposed in 2007, the legislators raised the issue again because of news articles on the issue and reports private interests groups had been formulating a new proposal for congestion pricing, which DelValle said has not been formalized.

Nevertheless, a congestion pricing plan proposed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg died in the state legislature in 2008.