The green light comes from the Federal Highway Administration, which issued a Finding of No Significant Impact from congestion pricing.
"Congestion pricing will reduce traffic in our crowded downtown, improve air quality and provide critical resources to the MTA," Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement. "I am proud of the thorough environmental assessment process we conducted, including responding to thousands of comments from community members from across the region. With the green light from the federal government, we look forward to moving ahead with the implementation of this program.
"One of the things we're going to see almost immediately once congestion pricing is implemented is better bus speeds in Midtown. Everybody knows that a bus should go faster than a chicken," said Lisa Daglian of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Council to the MTA. "From $2.75 to $2.90, will disproportionately impact low-income Black, Latino and Asian individuals in transit deserts," said Malik James.
"It's just a lot of money you'd have to be paying out of pocket and I don't think it's fair to people like us because it always falls on the consumers," Lindor said.
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