Services like Uber and Lyft face a surcharge of $2.75 per ride, taxis face a $2.50 surcharge, and services like Via and UberPool operating shared vehicles will be charged a $0.75 fee per customer.
Other U.S. cities have enacted surcharges for ride-hailing services, but the fees tend to be lower than in New York. Seattle began charging 24 cents per trip in 2014; Portland, Oregon added a 50 cent fee per rider in 2016; and Chicago added a surcharge in 2014 that will reach 65 cents this year.
“It’s a phase-in on congestion pricing.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in an interview with NY1 regarding the new surcharges. “The experts will say, to handle the congestion you really need to charge tolls for cars that are coming from the outside.”
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