Congestion pricing is back, and no one is happy about it: Letters to the Editor Nov. 18, 2024

The Issue: Gov.Hochul reviving the controversial congestion pricing program with a reduced fee of $9.As predicted, Gov.

Hochul waited until right after the election to impose congestion pricing — albeit at a reduced fee of $9 (“Gimme Gimme Gimme,” Nov.15).That fee is still too high.

It brings to mind a line from a Beatles song, “Taxman,” which was meant to be a satire: “I’ll tax the street, ’cause I’m the taxman.”Back then, who would have thought this ridiculous notion would ever come to fruition? Yet almost 60 years later, here we are.Maureen BeyerWoodmereOf course, it was just a matter of time.What a BS news conference Hochul held Thursday to tell us that she’s lowering the price from $15 to $9.

Those tolls could be raised at any time.I have a suggestion as to where to get new money for the MTA: Instead of building a multi-billion-dollar stadium in Buffalo, apply the state’s portion of that to the MTA! You wonder why the Democratic Party lost big — this is one of the reasons.Sylvia KaneBrooklyn Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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Since 2019, the party line was that it would require a $15 toll for congestion pricing to raise $15 billion.This would help fund the MTA’s $54.8 billion 2020—2024 Five Year Capital Plan.Now five years later, Hochul claims that the same $15 billion can be raised with a $9 toll.

She proudly boasts that this 40% reduction in the price will save commuters and taxpayers a significant amount of money.How do you justify the change in math five years later? No details were provided at Hochul’s press conference to explain this.The MTA Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey periodically raise bridge and tunnel tolls.

It will be the same with MTA congestion pr...