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A New Jersey The mayor is pushing the idea of reverse tolls after New York City introduced a controversial toll last week.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulap, who is also running for governor of the Garden State, came up with the idea. Fox 5 New York.
“New Jersey has the same ability to push the same buttons that New York is pushing against us,” Fulop told the outlet. “We could do it with them, but our goal is to sit down at the table to find a reasonable solution.”
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Jersey City Mayor Stephen Fulop speaks during a rally organized by the 32BJ SEIU labor union in support of the strike by Newark Airport workers on March 31, 2016 in Newark. (Getty Images)
The mayor said he believes reverse congestion pricing is the right answer New York a new fare that charges vehicles entering busy parts of Manhattan to encourage people to take the subway.
“There’s a lot of crossover between Staten Island, New York, Bergen County, Hudson County and New Jersey,” Fulop said. “There are many opportunities to get the same impact fee that New York imposes on New Jersey.”
Fulop said he believes the money from reverse congestion pricing should fund New Jersey mass transit systemwhich suffered from delays and cancellations.
December 18, 2023 in New York, over Lexington Avenue, plate readers with information about congestion are installed. (Getty Images)
“I think New Jersey Transit is a terrible product and needs more investment, and until you get a solid transit system in New Jersey, you can’t responsibly think that people are going to ride the trains.” Fulap. said. “But this was an opportunity to get hundreds of millions of dollars into New Jersey Transit, and I think the governor just took a very easy political approach.”
There was originally an opportunity for New Jersey to get hundreds of millions of dollars from New York’s new tolls, but that fell through amid litigation.
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Overhead equipment installed on New York streets under controversial congestion pricing plan. (Getty Images)
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The details of Fulop’s proposal have yet to be determined, but he said platforms or toll booths could be located outside New Jersey’s tunnels and bridges.
He said that, like congestion charges, there could be exemptions or cross-credits.
It’s unclear whether New Jersey residents will be required to pay a re-entry fee to their home state, as some New Yorkers are due to congestion.
