How will congestion pricing work? MTA's informational webinars begin Wednesday
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The first of the MTA's congestion pricing webinars will begin on Wednesday.
The hour-long online presentations will explain the Congestion Pricing Relief Zone, as well as how the program benefits the region, discounts and exemptions and what people need to know before tolling begins on January 5.
The second half of the webinars will be Q&A sessions.
There will be one public webinar with a focus on the Individual Disability Exemption Plan (IDEP) and another on the Low-Income Discount Plan (LIDP).
Register for the webinars here.
There will be eight webinars throughout the month.
Crews could be seen early Wednesday reattaching the readers back to a gantry near Columbus Circle. The license plate readers had to be reassembled after they were taken down during the Thanksgiving Day parade last week.
On Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul made mention of a few court cases against the congestion pricing plan, but she remains undeterred.
"I ended a pause that I told everybody all along was a pause. It is over. We're now defending it in court. I have probably six or seven court cases ongoing. But i'm very much of the belief that we have to continue to reduce the cost of living for New Yorkers and also make sure that we're doing the right things by our transit system and our highways that we have. Our roads and highways must be kept safe," Hochul said.
The groups suing against congestion pricing filed their arguments in federal court in Lower Manhattan.
A judge is reviewing them and will hold a hearing on December 20.
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