Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

On WNYC and on WNYC.

Now on to the details of the congestion pricing tolls that got finalized by the part of the MTA that was working on that this week.

As I mentioned yesterday, there are still some court cases challenging the whole concept.

And we'll see if any of those actually derail the plan but the final rules for

congestion pricing are out officially and they're supposed to take effect in June so let's talk to

our transportation reporter your friendly neighborhood transportation reporter as he goes on

Twitter or X Stephen nessen hi Stephen hello Hi, Stephen. Hello, Brian. And are you surprised

that our lines are already full before you've even spoken one word with people with questions and

comments about that? Is this consistent with your experience as a reporter this week? Oh, 100%. And just

illustrative of that, Brian, real quick. When I went out to talk to drivers after the vote, I just walked up to one driver, and I didn't even have to ask a question.

He just unprompted said, congestion pricing. I hate it.

And I see there are like 500 comments on your Gothamist article, and I don't know how often that happens,

but not very often.

All right, rule number one,

congestion pricing $15 for passenger cars,

in effect from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays,

starts a little later in the morning on the weekends,

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