The new state budget creates a $ 2.75 - per - trip fee on for - hire cars and $ 2.50 - per - trip for
yellow cab trips, but nothing on passenger vehicles or trucks.
Komanoff predicts that the fee will cause Uber and Lyft usage to decline by 2.7 percent and
yellow cab trips to drop by 6.4 percent citywide.
Not exact matches
Yellow taxis and street - hailed green
cabs, meanwhile, would see a 50 - cent charge for
trips below 96th Street.
On Friday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a fiscal year 2019 budget that includes a $ 2.75 surcharge (the cost of a subway ride) on for - hire vehicles, $ 2.50 for
yellow cabs and 75 cents for pooled
trips below 96th Street in Manhattan..
The surcharge is $ 2.75 for for - hire vehicles (i.e., Ubers and Lyfts), $ 2.50 for
yellow cabs and $ 0.75 for pooled
trips.
The state Assembly has put forward a congestion pricing plan as part of its budget that includes a $ 2.75 fee for ride hail cars, limousines and black cars for each
trip below 96th Street, $ 1 for
trips above 96th Street and a 50 - cent fee for
yellow taxis and green
cab street hails below 96th Street.
There's still time to fine - tune any toll scheme on this point: Allow
yellow cabs, say, 10 free
trips a day into the congestion zone in return for the «crude congestion pricing fee» they've already paid.