Submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr2wn3zvqvo
The first congestion charge scheme for vehicles in the US has come into effect in New York.
Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying rates for other vehicles.
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Politicians found another way to reach into people’s wallets. Another thing that is going to hurt the lower and middle classes above everyone else too.
Nice job, New York. Always looking out for the little man your wallet.
Interesting, this could favor alternative means of transport.
Most drivers will be charged $9 once per day to enter the congestion zone at peak hours, and $2.25 at other times. Small trucks and non-commuter buses will pay $14.40 to enter Manhattan at peak times, while larger trucks and tourist buses will pay a $21.60 fee.
The charge has been met with plenty of opposition, including from taxi drivers’ associations. But its most high-profile opposition has come from Trump, a native New Yorker who has vowed to kill the scheme when he returns to office this month. Local Republicans have already asked him to intervene.
I live just outside this zone and I promise you it won’t. They still haven’t resumed normal time intervals for some trains from when they were reduced during covid lockdown. The mayor is to busy being investigated for taking bribes or posing for photos to fix anything.
Gotta love that small government allowing states and smaller to govern themselves rather than trying to butt in where they aren’t welcome, right Republicans?
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This is great, hopefully other cities are paying attention