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Bronx transit incentives needed
for congestion pricing support
BY ALEX MITCHELL
New York City residents
could very soon be impacted
by a new scheme called ‘congestion
pricing’ to raise
sorely-needed transit funds.
The congestion pricing
plan, which targets any vehicle
entering Manhattan
below 60th Street, could
have far-reaching residual
effects on the outer boroughs
as well.
If the governor and state
legislators agree on the
terms to start a congestion
pricing plan, certain Bronx
communities face impacts
due to its implementation
and are seeking remedies
that would either lessen the
inconveniences or improve
a number of local transit
shortfalls to make the plan
more tolerable.
Senator Alessandra
Biaggi broached the idea of
residential permit parking
for the Woodlawn community
during a town hall on
Tuesday February 19.
Citing specifi c success
seen in areas like Cambridge,
MA, she believes
areas like the northwest
Bronx could benefi t from
permit parking on residential
areas. There is concern
that travellers from our
northern counties north of
the city will transfer to one
of the borough’s many Manhattan
bound trains, hence
commandeering limited
neighborhood street parking,
in an effort to avoid the
congestive pricing tolls.
Other Bronx communities
that border Westchester
would require a similar
stategy.
Biaggi also explained
that the Metropolitan Transit
Authority is facing a
‘literal crisis’ and that congestion
pricing would only
address a ‘tiny percentage’
of the agency’s woes.
Meanwhile, Governor
Cuomo is threatening that
without congestion pricing,
MTA fares could possibly
leap as much as 30 percent.
Assemblyman Jeffery
Dinowitz has his own list of
transit cures that address
his constituency’s needs in
the result of congestion pricing.
O
ne of which would be
to relocate the Henry Hudson
Parkway toll from the
Bronx-Manhattan border to
the Bronx-Westchester border.
T
he plan would relieve
Bronxites from being subject
to as many as four tolls
on a round trip to Manhattan.
Also on the Riverdale
legislator’s agenda would
be for all the IRT and Metro
North stations in his district
to have elevator accessible,
specifi cally the #4
IRT Moshulu Parkway stop,
which is currently in the design
phase.
Community Board 12
would lobby for increased
east-west bus service. Currently
no MTA bus line provides
Co-op City to Riverdale
direct service.
Throggs Neck /Co-op
City state legislator Assemblyman
Michael Benedetto
supports a sliding pricing
plan that would reduce the
fee during evenings and
weekends so that outer borough
residents are not penalized
when frequenting
Manhattan for theater, dining
or any other nightlife
activity.
Biaggi stated her support
for a similar deal for senior
and fi xed income residents
during her February town
hall meeting.
Benedetto also wants a
guarantee to improve mass
transportation to transit
deserts such as Co-op City
and Throggs Neck, backed
by a measurable schedule
of progress; and also the installation
of elevators at all
the elevated train stations
in his district.
The congestive pricing
plan is estimated to raise
about $1.2 billion a year for
transit improvements. The
plan’s advocates are demanding
that the funds generated
by the plan be used
for MTA capital improvements
only.
If approved it would take
two to three years to install
the technology required to
collect the tolls.
The south bound I-95 is used by many outer-city drivers. When the congestion pricing goes into effect,
many of these drivers may opt to park their cars in border communities, such as Pelham Bay and
Woodlawn, and hop on New York City trains to avoid paying the congestion pricing toll. Schneps Media/
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