A New Jersey mayor is proposing the thought of a reverse congestion pricing toll after New York City carried out its controversial congestion pricing toll final week.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who can be operating for governor of the Garden State, floated the thought, in response to Fox 5 New York.
“New Jersey has the identical alternative to push the buttons that New York is pushing towards us,” Fulop instructed the outlet. “We might do this to them, however the objective is to get to a desk to have an affordable answer.”
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Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop speaks throughout a rally organized by the employees union 32BJ SEIU in help of a strike of Newark Airport employees in Newark on March 31, 2016. (Getty Images)
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 components of Manhattan as a strategy to encourage individuals 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 impression price that New York is placing on New Jersey.”
Fulop stated he believes the cash produced 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 needs to be invested in additional, and till you get a dependable transportation system in New Jersey, you possibly can’t responsibly suppose that persons are going to take the trains,” Fulop stated. “But this was a possibility to get a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} into New Jersey Transit, and I believe the governor simply took an easy political strategy.”
There was initially the chance for New Jersey to obtain a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} from New York City’s new toll, however that fell by 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 aren’t but finalized, however he stated gantries or toll websites might be stationed outdoors of tunnels and bridges in New Jersey.
He stated that, just like congestion pricing, there could also be exemptions or crossing credit.
It is unclear if New Jersey residents can be required to pay the toll to reenter their dwelling state like some New Yorkers do for congestion pricing.
