Transit Workers Union head John Samuelsen said the MTA CEO is “laser focused” on generating revenue from the tolling plan, and not on reducing traffic.
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“It’s very reasonable to conclude that Janno is laser-focused on the revenue generation side of the new tolling system and he doesn’t care about reducing congestion,” Samuelsen told The Post. The contentious tolling scheme, which will ding drivers who enter Manhattan below 60th Street up to $23, was greenlit by the Biden administration in June and is expected toSamuelsen questioned why the MTA isn’t expanding subway and bus services to entice new riders alongside the introduction of congestion pricing, poo-pooing Lieber’sthat ridership has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels and can absorb more customers at the current service levels.
“If they want more New Yorkers to ride public transit, they should make it safer, add more cops, and penalize turnstile jumping to make everyone pay their fair share,” said Rep. Nicole Malliotakis .
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