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The new congestion pricing plan, which was approved by the New York state Legislature in 2019, will be the first such program in the United States

The start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan's central business district will be June 30, transit officials said Friday. Under the so-called congestion pricing plan, the $15 fee will apply to most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during daytime hours. The program, which was approved by the New York state Legislature in 2019, is supposed to raise $1 billion per year to fund public transportation for the city’s 4 million daily riders.

Traveling in New York is already costly, but it just got worse: transit authorities have approved a controversial $15 toll, set to take effect in mid-June, for motorists entering the busiest part of Manhattan.Passenger and small commercial vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street from Queens, Brooklyn and neighboring New Jersey will pay $15 during the day and $3.75 at night -- on top of any bridge or tunnel fees they already incur.

Sharon Green was fined £90 by Transport for London after she inadvertently strayed inside the Congestion Charge Zone area while picking up her late sister's death certificate.

If allowed to move forward, the current congestion pricing plan will abandons the economic cooperation that has made NJ, NY a economic powerhouse.