An advocacy group recommends the MTA make city buses free for the first week of congestion pricing in a bid to quickly incentivize drivers to switch to mass
transit.that it says can be realistically implemented before the scheduled June start date of congestion pricing, which will levy a $15 toll on most motorists entering Manhattan south of 60th Street. The group says the improvements would help “highlight the positive outcomes will bring for all New Yorkers as well as visitors to the city.”
Number 1 on the group’s list is to eliminate fares on MTA buses and NYC Ferries for the first week of the program. The MTA is currently in the midst of a fare-free bus pilot that could end as soon as this month, or in the next six months. Five lines, one in each borough,proposed expanding the pilot to three lines in each borough
“We appreciate the proposal from Open Plans and agree that public transportation remains the most affordable, environmentally-friendly, and efficient way of getting around the metropolitan area as congestion pricing will deliver reduced gridlock, improved public health and modernized mass transit,” MTA spokesperson Eugene Resnick said.
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