Congestion Pricing

It was a tumultuous year for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with financial difficulties, a fare hike expected to raise $360 million, and the defeat of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion-pricing plan.

The defeat of congestion pricing may prove more painful for the tiny minority of New Yorkers who commute to Manhattan by car than for the other 95 percent of us.

The New York State Assembly killed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial congestion pricing plan Monday. The proposal, which would have charged $8 for cars and $21 for trucks entering Manhattan below 60th Street, faced overwhelming opposition from assembly Democrats, who voted privately not to hold a vote in the full assembly.

City Council passed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial congestion pricing plan Monday by an unusually close vote of 30-20.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s hotly debated congestion pricing plan is aimed primarily at reducing traffic in the area of Manhattan below 86th Street.