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A New Jersey mayor is proposing the concept of a reverse congestion pricing toll after New York City applied its controversial congestion pricing toll final week.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who can be working for governor of the Garden State, floated the concept, in accordance with Fox 5 New York.
“New Jersey has the identical alternative to push the buttons that New York is pushing towards us,” Fulop advised the outlet. “We may do this to them, however the aim is to get to a desk to have an inexpensive answer.”
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The mayor stated he believes reverse congestion pricing is the suitable response to New York City’s new toll, which imposes charges on autos that enter busy elements of Manhattan as a option to encourage folks to take the subway.
“There’s loads of crossings between Staten Island, New York, Bergen County, Hudson County into New Jersey,” Fulop stated. “There’s loads of alternatives to have the identical form of affect payment that New York is placing on New Jersey.”
Fulop stated he believes the cash constructed from reverse congestion pricing ought to fund New Jersey’s mass transit system, which has suffered from delays and cancelations.
Congestion pricing plate readers are put in over Lexington Avenue on December 18, 2023, in New York City. (Getty Images)
“My view is that New Jersey Transit is a horrible product, and it ought to be invested in additional, and till you get a dependable transportation system in New Jersey, you possibly can’t responsibly assume that individuals are going to take the trains,” Fulop stated. “But this was a possibility to get tons of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} into New Jersey Transit, and I believe the governor simply took an easy political method.”
There was initially the chance for New Jersey to obtain tons of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from New York City’s new toll, however that fell by way of amid litigation.
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Overhead gear put in on New York City streets for the controversial congestion pricing plan. (Getty Images)
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The particulars of Fulop’s proposal should not but finalized, however he stated gantries or toll websites could possibly be stationed exterior of tunnels and bridges in New Jersey.
He stated that, much like congestion pricing, there could also be exemptions or crossing credit.
It is unclear if New Jersey residents could be required to pay the toll to reenter their house state like some New Yorkers do for congestion pricing.
