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It would be $23 if you have an EZ pass, $34.50 if you don't. When you factor in the cost of the bridge or tunnel toll ($6.55 with an EZ pass or $10.17 without)
by StanislavPetrov 3y ago
It would be $23 if you have an EZ pass, $34.50 if you don't. When you factor in the cost of the bridge or tunnel toll ($6.55 with an EZ pass or $10.17 without), then commuters are looking at a daily charge of $29.55 or $44.67 (before parking, which is extremely expensive) to drive into Manhattan. Considering how awful the subway and LIRR are already (especially since the botched opening of the new "Grand Central" that resulted in the diversion of numerous trains), this will be an unmitigated disaster. Certainly this will discourage many people from voluntarily visiting Manhattan, but the people who are truly screwed are the people who work there and have no other option (if you have to carry equipment or tools mass transit is not an option).
- Daishiman 3y agoIf you have to carry equipment or tools given the fees you're charging in manhattan this is barely a drop in the bucket.
- StanislavPetrov 3y agoSorry to say that's totally false. I worked in the film/video industry for almost two decades. If you are a small operator shooting birthday parties for $250 a pop, you have to bring your light bag, camera and other gear. Similarly, if you make deliveries or pickups from Manhattan, these fees will prove prohibitive and make people seek alternatives. I'm not going to send my film to get developed in Manhattan when it costs an extra $125 a week, on top of the tolls, to send the driver to pick up and drop off the rolls every day. The decrepit and inefficient state of mass transit in New York is vastly understated.
- Daishiman 3y agoThe fact that you're not going to get it developed in Manhattan due to costs is also kind of the point though.