Manhattan below 60th Street. The plan has various fees for cars, trucks of various sizes, taxis, Ubers, etc. To enter in a personal car, it will be a $15 fee/toll. I think the fee to Uber is $2.50 (not a onetime fee for the day but $2.50 each time an Uber enters the zone. And, of course, Uber will pass that fee right on to their customer). This plan was set to start in June until our governor postponed it. It’s a major polarizing political football. Some love the idea; others hate the idea. It’s essentially a toll to use the roads in Manhattan below 60th St.
I get why there are toll roads and bridges. Upkeep of infrastructure is important and expensive. It’s basically a tax to raise funds to pay for maintenance, construction, etc of roads and bridges. And it’s a tax paid by people who actually use those roads and bridges.
I think the current camera-powered billing system is fine as long as it is very transparent what the tolls will be. Psychologically, it probably felt cheaper paying tolls in cash, bit by bit, rather than seeing those tolls totaled up in a bill. But, in reality, you could pay for a coffee every morning in Starbuck or get a monthly bill from Starbucks for those coffees and the cost would be exactly the same.
