New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced a series of exemptions to its upcoming congestion pricing plan. Yellow school buses, certain commuter buses, and a significant portion of the city's vehicle fleet, including some 26,000 city-owned cars, will not be subject to the congestion pricing tolls. This decision comes after pressure from Mayor Eric Adams and includes exemptions for private bus operators like the Hampton Jitney. Notably, the exemptions extend to every elected official with government cars, sparing them from the $15 congestion toll to enter Manhattan. However, the exemptions do not apply to buses not open to the public or those that do not operate on a regular schedule. Roughly 11,000 New York City school buses and nearly 15,000 municipal vehicles are slated to be exempt.
Yellow school buses and certain NYC vehicles on city business would be exempt from congestion pricing tolls under an MTA proposal. https://t.co/P9IuT4KpfJ
Private bus operators, including the Hampton Jitney, will be exempt from New York’s congestion pricing plan, according to an official with the MTA https://t.co/7vQ65SdF7O
UPDATE: Bowing to pressure from Mayor Eric Adams, the MTA on Monday issued a new list of those who will be exempt from paying congestion pricing fees. And to no great surprise, city vehicles will be the biggest beneficiaries. @MKramerTV reports. https://t.co/oxyMOaVwNM
Roughly 11,000 New York City school buses, nearly 15,000 municipal vehicles — as well as commuter buses with regular schedules — are slated to be exempt from Manhattan's incoming congestion pricing tolls. Read more: https://t.co/TPt2YrrhZx
You can't make this up! New York politicians have exempted themselves from having to pay the congestion pricing tax. Elected officials with government cars paid for by the taxpayers won't have to pay the toll to enter Manhattan like the rest of us schlubs. https://t.co/Ok4Wvlk2ve
MTA to exempt much of NYC fleet, private bus lines, Hampton Jitney from $15 congestion toll https://t.co/vCGJ08kRCB https://t.co/J5RqGautrL
Surprise!!! Get who got an exemption from congestion pricing? If you guessed ordinary people who live in the congestion pricing zone or commuters from NJ or LI, you would be wrong. The answer of course is every elected official is now exempt. @MarkLevineNYC @JumaaneWilliams… https://t.co/oKnSYcLN4q
MTA plans congestion pricing exemptions for thousands of buses, NYC municipal vehicles https://t.co/dbcAD3JTE1
🚍🍎 Buses and city vehicles to get NYC congestion exemptions, MTA says Any yellow school bus under contract with the city’s DOE, some charter and private schools. Some commuter buses, and a large swath of the city fleet https://t.co/i9EjPS0sdS
We're learning new details about who will be exempt from New York City's congestion pricing plan, including school buses and some 26,000 city-owned cars. @LisaRoznerTV has the latest: https://t.co/oxyMOaVwNM
School buses, some commuter buses, and large swath of city fleet will be exempt from MTA’s congestion pricing plan Exemption will not apply to buses that are not open to the public nor will it include buses that do not operate on regular schedule https://t.co/BfLBUQ0gJ8
#Breaking: The MTA is looking into congestion pricing exemptions for government vehicles and some buses, including yellow school buses. https://t.co/oxyMOaVwNM
Yellow school buses, most city-owned vehicles among new exemptions to congestion pricing https://t.co/ms4iR667Fx https://t.co/YBSP2c6wHI
Let’s check in on the “congestion” for which the MTA seeks to extract a minimum of $15 a day from drivers on top of the $3B they already extort directly from drivers. It’s a good time to remember that 1.1M fewer individuals enter the congestion taxation zone per day as compared… https://t.co/ujB94QjHPX