Orange County Commuters Call for Better Train Services at Congestion Toll Public Forum

Published on February 20, 2024

Several Orange County residents asked for more trains and more reliable services on the Metro-North Port Jervis Line at a public forum in Cornwall on Feb. 17. The forum was convened by Congressman Patrick Ryan (D-N.Y.) in the face of the nation’s first congestion toll set in Manhattan, which, if it takes effect as planned in spring, will charge an average passenger car commuter $15 per day for driving south of 60th Street. Enacted by a 2019 state law, the toll was aimed to ease congestion in one of the busiest parts of the country while raising money for long-term public transit projects in the city....

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