New York City congestion pricing brings new revenue stream to public transit

• New York City's congestion pricing picks up speed

  The first congestion pricing plan in the U.S. has begun, charging most drivers $9 a day to enter the lower half of Manhattan. The long-debated plan is projected to raise up to $800 million a year ...
  
  CBS News - 1d

• What to know about New York City's new congestion pricing program

  Monday marked the first weekday that thousands of drivers in New York paid congestion price fees when entering parts of Manhattan. Passenger vehicles will now pay as much as $9 to drive past 60th ...
  
  CBS News - Jan. 6

• Congestion pricing begins in New York City

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  CBS News - Jan. 6
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  New York first US city to have congestion charge

  The scheme has faced resistance, including from President-elect Donald Trump.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 6

• New York becomes first US city to introduce congestion charging

  Plan to ease traffic faced years of challenges and opponents want incoming Trump administration to block it
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 5
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  Congestion pricing is a New York idea.

  A Columbia University economist, William Vickrey, proposed charging varying tolls for roads and subways in the 1950s.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 5
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  Congestion Pricing Has Begun in New York City. Here’s How It Works.

  The tolling program, the first of its kind in the nation, will charge most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during peak hours a $9 fee.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 5
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  New York becomes the first U.S. city with a congestion charge despite opposition

  Motorists entering Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods will now have to pay up to $9 in congestion charges, as New York City’s first-in-the-nation Congestion Relief Zone officially launched Sunday.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 5

• New York City set to implement controversial plan to reduce traffic with congestion pricing

  Beginning Sunday, New York City will implement a first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan designed to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements. Ali Bauman has more details.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 4

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