🚕🌆 That's Good, Right? NYC FHV & Taxi Congestion Toll Outlook

MTA's Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB) looks to increase passenger congestion surcharge vs. making driver responsible for new congestion tolls. Yellow cab industry wanted complete exemption

• Under latest proposals, NYC for-hire vehicles (FHVs) and yellow cabs will NOT be exempt from congestion tolling, but effectively have the current PASSENGER PAID congestion surcharge increased

  • 4 new scenarios range from peak tolls of $1 to $2 per trip, with potential non-peak hour discounts

  • With pre-existing congestion surcharges of $2.50 and $2.75, passengers will often be paying more than $4 per trip in congestion fees 👀!

• If Uber, Lyft, base or taxi garage does not remit *new* congestion surcharge, then driver technically still has to remit payment in a similar manner to other E-ZPass tolls

  • Administrative, but not financial, burden might still fall on TLC-licensed driver and/or vehicle owner

• Base congestion toll could be ~$15, according to MTA leader Janno Lieber

  • Another way to view new MTA proposals is 3 to 5 for-hire trips would raise the equivalent of one private vehicle congestion toll

  • App-based FHVs and yellow cabs average between 6 to 12 daily trips involving Manhattan’s congestion …