Brian Lear 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 a friendly neighborhood

transportation reporter as he goes on Twitter or ex,

Stephen Nesson.

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 this is this consistent with your experience as a

reporter this week oh a hundred percent 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 pricing I hate it and I see

there are like 500 comments on your gothomist 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 bit. a And I wonder even about that, John, even on Saturdays and Sundays, up till 9 o'clock at night,

people have to pay this congestion pricing fee. why did they do that?

Well, you know, the analysis found that, you know, if you want to reduce congestion in the

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