Bronx transit riders, drivers and taxpayers beware

Since 2019, the party line was it would require a $15 toll for congestion pricing to raise $15 billion. This would help fund the MTA’s $51 billion 2020 – 2024, five-year capital plan. Five years later, Governor Hochul claims that the same $15 billion can be found with a $9 toll. She proudly boasts that this 40% reduction in the price will save commuters and taxpayers a significant amount of money. How do you justify this mathematical change five years later? No details were provided at Hochul's press conference to explain it. The MTA Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, periodically raise bridge and tunnel tolls. It will be the same with MTA congestion pricing before reaching $15. So much for truth in advertising. 

Larry Penner