NYT: Companies could pass on the cost of congestion pricing tolls to consumers.

Jan. 5, 2025

By Stefanos Chen

With New York City’s congestion pricing underway, some of the plan’s biggest detractors are doubling down on a pocketbook argument: If logistics companies have to pay more to deliver everything from food and drinks to hospital equipment, then consumers will also suffer.

It is unclear how the price of goods will be affected by the plan, which is expected to reduce traffic, improve air quality and fund critical improvements to public transportation.

But a consortium of food distributors and truck companies are convinced that the tolls will unfairly burden them, and their clients.

Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/05/nyregion/congestion-pricing-nyc-new-jersey#companies-could-pass-on-the-cost-of-congestion-pricing-tolls-to-consumers