Who Should Pay For Congestion? NYC TLC Drivers Or Passengers? 🤔

As NYC Congestion Pricing plans are finalized, many in TLC industry are worried. Should TLC drivers or passengers pay? Per trip surcharge "status quo" is industry's preferred option

“We want to see an MTA plan that recognizes that the Taxi and FHV industry is the other half of mass transportation in the city of New York…We are supposed to be your partners, not your piggy bank.”

- New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) President Bhairavi Desai

The upcoming implementation of NYC’s Congestion Tolling Program to enter Manhattan’s Central Business District (CBD) (i.e., below 60th St), is a big deal for the City and the country in general. It’s also a very big deal for the City’s for-hire transportation industry (a/k/a TLC industry).

The last major update the TLC industry had to digest caused mixed emotions 😑. The MTA indicated that medallion yellow cabs and other TLC-plated for-hire vehicles (FHVs), would be subject to ONLY one congestion toll per day…on top of the current congestion surcharge already in place 🤔. For most people 1+1 = 2, but for the MTA, 1 + 1 = 1 additional congestion toll. The new (additional) congestion toll would likely range from $10 to $23 for N…