U.S. Will Fund Plan to Charge Tolls In New York

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is scheduled to announce today that the federal government will fund New York's pilot plan to reduce traffic by charging tolls to drivers entering the busiest part of Manhattan, congressional aides said last night. The congestion-pricing system proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) would be the first of its kind in the nation. London and Singapore have similar toll programs. Full story...

Posted by Editor at August 14, 2007 12:21 PM