“New York City will be the first city in the US to charge motorists extra to enter the busiest areas, after the state agreed to a congestion pricing plan as part of its fiscal year 2020 budget.”

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“The congestion pricing would be enforced using electronic tolling devices, passenger vehicles would pay just once per day, and the pricing would be variable.”

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“Support for congestion pricing outweighed opposition across almost every demographic—liberals, moderates, New York City, suburban households, upstate, white, black, Latino, every age group, every religion, and every income level.”

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Ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft benefit from this congestion surcharge if they offer shared rides, and they have been advocating for a similar toll to be implemented in Seattle.

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