MTA Details Congestion Pricing Discounts and Environmental Investments
- The MTA will provide at least $200 million in toll discounts and funding for health and infrastructure programs to help neighborhoods and industries affected by the proposed toll for driving into Lower and Midtown Manhattan.
- Congestion pricing is expected to generate $15 billion for upgrades and repairs to the MTA system.
- The plan aims to reduce traffic in Manhattan's business district by up to 20 percent.
- Lower-income drivers will get a 25 percent discount on peak and off-peak tolls after 10 trips into the zone.
- The MTA will give $15 million to upgrade old, polluting refrigerated containers at the Hunts Point Market in the South Bronx.