Congestion Pricing Now Coalition Letter to TMRB on Tolls and Exemptions Recommendations

AIANY, as a member of the Congestion Pricing Now coalition, letter to the Traffic Mobility Review Board in support of New York’s Central Business District Tolling Program. The coalition makes the following recommendations:

1. Use bridge and tunnel toll credits to reduce excess travel – particularly through environmental justice communities
2. On for-hire vehicles, assess a per-ride surcharge paid by the passenger, rather than a once per day toll paid by the driver
3. Commuter buses, both public and private, must be exempt from tolls
4. No additional exemptions should be granted besides commuter buses and legislatively mandated exemptions
5. Trucks and large vehicles should pay a per axle toll