Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, a gubernatorial candidate, suggests implementing tolls on drivers entering New Jersey from New York City. He criticizes the current congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, arguing it benefits New York City at the expense of New Jersey residents. Fulop proposes using the toll revenue to fund light rail expansion and PATH service.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy still wants to kill congestion pricing in Manhattan, but one politician running for his job has a different plan: Launch the Garden State’s own tolls, targeting drivers coming from New York City . Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop , who is running for governor, argues that his state has taken a “disjointed policy around the environment and car usage,” including Murphy's opposition to congestion pricing .
Fulop’s proposal calls for a toll on drivers entering Jersey from New York City. Currently, drivers only pay a toll when entering the five boroughs. “While congestion pricing can be beneficial to the environment and pedestrian safety, the New York City plan simply benefits NYC infrastructure at the expense of New Jersey residents,” Fulop’s campaign wrote. 'In order to support our own transit infrastructure, New Jersey should look to implement congestion pricing on those entering New Jersey from New York,' the paper states. 'In the Fulop plan, these fees would be a dedicated revenue source to light rail expansion and to expand PATH service, which the Port Authority has gradually diminished over the last two decades.” In an interview Monday with Gothamist, Fulop said Jersey’s version of congestion pricing would amount to a recognition that New Yorkers contribute to traffic in the densest state in the country. “New Jersey is a corridor state. We have a tremendous amount of traffic, a tremendous amount of congestion and New Yorkers do add to that,” Fulop said. “Any New Yorker that says that that’s not true is being disingenuous.”in Manhattan, paving the way for the $9 daytime tolls to begin. New Jersey lawyers had argued the environmental review process that resulted in federal approval of the program was inadequate.Fulop acknowledged New Jerseyeans will benefit from congestion pricing whenever they use the MTA, which will collect funds from the tolls. He described Murphy’s approach to the lawsuit as a “missed opportunity.
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