Uber and taxi customers would have to shell out all the fees under the state Assembly’s proposed congestion-pricing plan, while private vehicles and commercial trucks would not be charged to drive into Manhattan.
The bill calls for a $2.75 surcharge on all Uber rides within the central business district and a $1 charge everywhere else in the state. This would be on top of the 8.875 percent sales tax customers pay on rides. Yellow cab customers would only pay an additional 50-cent charge within the Manhattan congestion zone.
But the bill makes no mention of charging private cars or commercial trucks at all.
Transportation companies and advocates alike are upset by the proposal, saying it will not help quell traffic in Manhattan without tolling private and commercial drivers.
“If we’re going to do this right and make a significant dent in . . . traffic and also fix and modernize the flailing transit system, we have to go the full distance,” said Alex Matthiessen, spokesman for MoveNY, which has been touting congestion pricing for years.




