Kathy Hochul put the MTA congestion pricing plan on hold earlier this month.
Despite pleas from mass transit advocates to circumvent the governor, the MTA board voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to accept theThe 11-1 vote means that the tolling program is on hold indefinitely. It had been set to take effect Sunday.The chairman of the MTA, Janno Lieber, insists the pause is temporary.
The MTA has already committed more than $600 million on 108 license plate readers scattered around Manhattan and was set to charge $15 to most vehicles that travel south of 61st Street in the city’s most congested borough.
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