New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which lost more than $600M in unpaid subway fares to turnstile jumpers last year, is gearing up to collect the first Midtown congestion pricing tolls in a US city next spring.
Unlike the subway fare-beating conundrum, which may not be overcome until the city expands the use of AI facial-recognition software as well as uniformed cops in train stations, high-tech electronics are expected to prevail as the enforcement mechanism for the new above-ground tolls in Midtown.
CBS News reported this week that it has obtained a copy of the recommendation of the MTA's Mobility Review Board for the toll structure that will go into effect next spring for congestion pricing of vehicles that travel south of 60th Street in Manhattan.
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