"The city kicks off its "Gridlock Alert Days" next Monday - the annual ritual of announcing, but not doing anything about, grid-crushing traffic for anyone dumb or unlucky enough to drive in the city. Officials have designated 20 gridlock days for 2025. Alas, the congestion could've been a lot lighter if Gov. Hochul hadn't pledge to never use the MTA's power to raise congestion tolls up to 25 percent on the gridlock alert days after the New York Post threw a fit about the provision."
"The Post ginned up the outrage last Christmas - when anyone in their right mind was watching sports or enjoying time with family - just days ahead of the toll's much-anticipated launch on Jan. 5. Rather than hold the line on congestion pricing, as she has done since President Trump re-entered the White House, Hochul immediately caved and promised not to implement the dynamic pricing scheme."
City officials designated 20 Gridlock Alert Days for 2025 and will announce expected high-traffic days starting next Monday. Governor Kathy Hochul pledged not to allow the MTA's discretionary 25-percent surcharge on gridlock days, reversing a planned dynamic congestion toll increase after backlash from the New York Post. The governor previously supported congestion pricing but chose not to implement the surcharge. The decision likely reduced potential congestion relief on declared gridlock days. Additional news items include an indictment in a fatal vehicular killing, a deferred LIRR strike option, a decline in licensed dollar vans, a deadly crash on 9th Street, DOT installing a mid-block crosswalk, and a council member defending a vote.
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