If you drove into Manhattan yesterday and went below 60th street you paid more than you did the day before. That’s because the MTA’s congestion pricing plan went into effect Sunday. Most drivers are now paying an extra nine dollars daily, for now, to get into the city and drive below 60th Street. There are a handful of exceptions, trucks cost more, but some hours overnight are discounted. On Friday before it became official, Rockland County Executive Ed Day told “The Morning Show” there’s a better and more fair way for the MTA to make the money it needs…
Day also suggests the MTA be audited, the head of the organization be forced to resign, and fare-beaters be forced to pay up. The Rockland Business Association has opposed the plan, and CEO Al Samuels says the incoming President Trump Administration could conceivably overturn it, even though many have argued it is necessary to help the city’s transportation woes…
Yesterday, the governor said her 2025 budget would include a major investment in Hudson Valley rail service on the Metro-North Hudson Line that would increase capacity, reduce delays, improve safety, add infrastructure capital improvements between the city and Poughkeepsie, and more. For west-of-Hudson commuters, Hochul suggested New York will conduct a transit analysis to perhaps expand rail service and look at opportunities for other types of transit in Orange County, including shuttle bus services for the Port Jervis Line trains to and from Woodbury Commons, Legoland, Storm King, and Stewart Airport.