STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The group responsible for determining how much drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan’s Central Business District under congestion pricing will reconvene later this week.
The Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB), a six-member panel that will recommend toll prices, credits, discounts and exemptions for New York City’s congestion pricing program, will hold its second meeting on Thursday, Aug. 17, at 3 p.m.
The meeting, which will take place at the MTA’s Headquarters located at 2 Broadway in Manhattan, will be open to the public and available via livestream on the agency’s YouTube channel.
The agency noted there will be no public comment period during the meeting.
Once the Traffic Mobility Review Board makes its recommendations on toll prices, credits, discounts and exemptions, they will need to be formally approved and adopted by the full MTA Board.
The Traffic Mobility Review Board consists of the following members:
- Carl Weisbrod, chair of the Traffic Mobility Review Board and former chair of the City Planning Commission and director of the New York City Department of City Planning
- John Banks, president emeritus of the Real Estate Board of New York
- John Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor
- John Samuelsen, international president of the Transport Workers Union
- Elizabeth Velez, president and principal of the Velez Organization
- Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City
During the group’s first meeting, which took place last month, MTA officials outlined seven key areas the board must consider in making their recommendation.
Those areas include: discounts by time period; discounts for those already paying a toll to enter the Central Business District; rates for buses; rates for trucks; rates for government vehicles; plans for taxis and for-hire vehicles (FHVs); and other discounts and exemptions.
“The seven categories can’t be entirely viewed in isolation, because the decision on each one…
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