Ride-share drivers were rallying outside MTA headquarters on Wednesday, slamming the congestion pricing proposal. As NatDuddridgeTV reports, they were calling for app drivers to be exempt from the tolls.
The revenue, estimated to be $1 billion annually, would be used to improve the MTA's bus and subway systems.
"The TLC drivers, the TLC industry, we have been contributing to the MTA since 2019. Every time a rider gets in our car and they come into Manhattan in for-hire vehicles, it's $2.75. It's billions of dollars in the last three years," driver Israel Acevedo said.Gov. Phil Murphy says he will kill congestion pricing if plan continues to require double-taxing of New Jersey drivers
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