The MTA’s congestion pricing plan to toll vehicles that enter Manhattan below 60th Street could reduce traffic by as much as 20 percent. But the proposal could increase traffic in other places.
Tolling plans in Manhattan would cause surges in traffic in Connecticut, Staten Island and the Bronx, according to the MTA.
The Cross Bronx Expressway could see an increase of 4,000 vehicles a day.
State Assemblyman Jefferey Dinowitz says it’s mind boggling that the MTA would consider a plan to increase traffic in his borough.
“That is like the most backwards, inefficient, and unfair thing that I can possibly think of that they can do.”
The MTA says congestion pricing will not reduce air quality. The agency is holding six public hearings before it picks a final pricing scheme.