{"id":459994,"date":"2022-06-09T03:16:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-congestion-pricing-delay-raises-advocates-concerns-about-mta-service\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T03:16:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:16:35","slug":"nyc-congestion-pricing-delay-raises-advocates-concerns-about-mta-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-congestion-pricing-delay-raises-advocates-concerns-about-mta-service\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC congestion pricing delay raises advocates&#8217; concerns about MTA service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3600073068f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3600073068f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-congestion-pricing-delay-raises-advocates-concerns-about-mta-service\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_congestion_pricing_delay_raises_advocates_concerns_about_MTA_service%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC congestion pricing delay raises advocates&#8217; concerns about MTA service&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_congestion_pricing_delay_raises_advocates_concerns_about_MTA_service%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC congestion pricing delay raises advocates&#8217; concerns about MTA service&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Congestion tolls planned for Manhattan below 60th Street are not slated to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en until the end of next year \u2014 and transit advocates worry that the delay will impact desperately needed MTA upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature approved the tolling plan in 2019, with the goal of funding the $55 billion MTA modernization program that is supposed to result in more reliable and frequent trains, in addition to dozens of new elevators and thousands of new electric buses to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Initially scheduled to launch in 2021, the program has stalled thanks to bureaucratic delays at the federal level \u2014 most recently, an in-depth environmental review expected to take 16 months or longer. Transit watchers are growing increasingly concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongestion pricing is the single largest source of funding\u00a0in the MTA\u2019s capital program,\u201d said Riders Alliance spokesman Danny Pearlstein. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout it, they won\u2019t be able to upgrade as many signals or install as many elevators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Gov. Kathy Hochul, who inherited the toll plan from her predecessor, has not appeared eager to launch new fees in an election year, despite traffic having returned to pre-COVID levels.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul insisted during Tuesday\u2019s Democratic gubernatorial primary debate that she \u201csupports\u201d the plan, but that \u201cnow is not the right time\u201d for it to launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in negotiation with the federal government, who have a say on the next step and they have now put some hurdles in the way we have to overcome,\u201d Hochul said \u2014 a reference to the 400-plus questions US DOT has told the MTA to answer about the plan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/SPL5315468_008.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul\" class=\"wp-image-22586788\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul isn\u2019t pushing hard to launch new fees in an election year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew Schwartz \/ Splash<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/SPL5315468_041.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Long island railroad construction\" class=\"wp-image-22586789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/SPL5315468_041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/SPL5315468_041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/SPL5315468_041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/SPL5315468_041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Advocates are nervous MTA upgrades will continue to be delayed. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is not going to happen in the next year under any circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MTA officials have said they don\u2019t need the money from the tolls im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely. On Wednesday, the authority issued a statement that it was \u201cfully committed to congestion pricing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been vocal about the importance of this program,\u201d MTA spokesman John McCarthy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission said that the MTA should be able to fund construction through this year and next, but delays beyond that create real risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, in the next few years, the lack of congestion pricing money will threaten the ability of the MTA to do the capital repairs it needs: We need stations, we need signals, we need rolling stock,\u201d Rein said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, they need that money to fix the subways.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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