Editing Manhattan Bridge (section)

==Tolls==
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Initially, motorists had to pay a ten-cent toll, the same as the toll on the Brooklyn Bridge.<ref name="n138518564">{{Cite news |date=January 2, 1910 |title=Manhattan Bridge Proves Vast Help |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-manhattan-bridg/138518564/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |pages=8 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Shortly after the Manhattan Bridge opened, the city government conducted a study and found that it had no authority to charge tolls on the Manhattan and [[Queensboro Bridge|Queensboro]] bridges.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 7, 1911 |title=To Abolish Tolls On City Bridges; Mayor Gaynor Believes There Is No Legal Warrant for Taxing Vehicle Traffic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/07/archives/to-abolish-tolls-on-city-bridges-mayor-gaynor-believes-there-is-no.html |access-date=June 28, 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Tolls on the Manhattan Bridge, as well as the Queensboro, [[Williamsburg Bridge|Williamsburg]], and [[Brooklyn Bridge|Brooklyn]] bridges, were abolished in July 1911 as part of a populist policy initiative headed by New York City mayor [[William Jay Gaynor]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 19, 1911 |title=Prize Fund for Atwood; Talk of One After Washington Commerce Chamber Refuses to Help |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/19/archives/prize-fund-for-atwood-talk-of-one-after-washington-commerce-chamber.html |access-date=July 1, 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |date=July 18, 1911 |title=Aldermen Abolish Tolls for Wagons on Bridges |url=https://newspapers.com/clip/33421526/ |access-date=July 1, 2019 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=1}}</ref> 

In 1970, the federal government enacted the [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]], a series of federal air pollution regulations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Within |first=Richard |date=April 15, 1973 |title=Shift on Emission May Cost Drivers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/15/archives/shift-on-emission-may-cost-drivers-granted-2year-delay-compensation.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829081030/http://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/15/archives/shift-on-emission-may-cost-drivers-granted-2year-delay-compensation.html |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 29, 2017 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As part of a plan by mayor [[John Lindsay]] and the federal [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]],<ref name="NYT 1977 mayor yields2">{{Cite news |last1=Dembart |first1=Lee |date=June 16, 1977 |title=Broad Parking Ban in Manhattan Begins as Mayor Yields to Ruling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/broad-parking-ban-in-manhattan-begins-as-mayor-yields-to-ruling-206.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829122855/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/broad-parking-ban-in-manhattan-begins-as-mayor-yields-to-ruling-206.html |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 28, 2017 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the city government considered implementing tolls on the four East River bridges, including the Manhattan Bridge, in the early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Witkin |first=Richard |date=March 13, 1971 |title=City Bridge-Toll Plans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/13/archives/city-bridgetoll-plans-plan-for-tolls-on-four-east-river-bridges-is.html |access-date=March 29, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 22, 1970 |title=Bridge Toll Study |work=Newsday |page=13 |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|916064041}}}}</ref> The plan would have raised money for New York City's transit system<ref name="n1332959732">{{Cite news |date=May 24, 1971 |title=He Calls Toll on Bridges a Benefit to Straphangers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-he-calls-toll-on-bridges-a-be/133295973/ |access-date=October 12, 2023 |work=New York Daily News |pages=314 |via=newspapers.com |issn=2692-1251}}</ref> and allowed the city to meet the Clean Air Act.<ref name="NYT 1977 mayor yields2" /> [[Abraham Beame]], who became mayor in 1974, refused to implement the tolls,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Weisman |first1=Steven R. |date=August 6, 1977 |title=Beame, U.S. Reach an 'Understanding' on a Parking Ban |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/06/archives/beame-us-reach-an-understanding-on-a-parking-ban-court-gives-them-2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829121700/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/06/archives/beame-us-reach-an-understanding-on-a-parking-ban-court-gives-them-2.html |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 28, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and the [[United States Congress]] subsequently moved to forbid tolls on the East River bridges.<ref name="NYT 1977 mayor yields2" /> The [[United States Department of Transportation]] determined that the eastern upper roadway of the Manhattan Bridge was partially built with federal funds and, under federal law, could not be tolled.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 12, 1976 |title=2 Federal Agencies Clash on a Toll Plan For River Bridges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/12/archives/2-federal-agencies-clash-on-a-toll-plan-for-river-bridges.html |access-date=January 22, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

A plan for [[congestion pricing in New York City]] was approved in mid-2023,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strahan |first1=Tracie |last2=Siff |first2=Andrew |date=May 5, 2023 |title=Congestion Pricing in NYC Gets Fed Approval, Final Call Likely Weeks Away |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/congestion-pricing-in-nyc-gets-fed-approval-final-call-likely-weeks-away/4306697/ |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=NBC New York}}</ref> allowing the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] to toll drivers who enter Manhattan south of [[60th Street (Manhattan)|60th Street]].<ref name="Nessen 2024 t852">{{cite web |last=Nessen |first=Stephen |date=April 15, 2024 |title=Which drivers get tolled under congestion pricing on the Brooklyn and Queensboro bridges? It's complicated. |url=https://gothamist.com/news/which-drivers-get-tolled-under-congestion-pricing-on-the-brooklyn-and-queensboro-bridges-its-complicated |access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=Gothamist}}</ref> Congestion pricing was implemented in January 2025;<ref name="Anderson o055">{{cite web |last=Hu |first=Winnie |last2=Ley |first2=Ana |date=January 5, 2025 |title=New York City Welcomes Congestion Pricing With Fanfare and Complaints |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing-tolls.html |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=The New York Times |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Bridge |first=Rowan |date=January 5, 2025 |title=New York becomes first US city with congestion charge |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr2wn3zvqvo |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=BBC Home}}</ref> all Manhattan-bound drivers pay a toll after using the bridge, which varies based on the time of day. Although no toll is charged upon exiting the congestion zone, all Brooklyn-bound drivers must pay a toll to access streets leading to the bridge.<ref name="Anderson l657">{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Renee |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Congestion pricing maps show which New York roads and tunnels are and are not impacted |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-congestion-pricing-maps/ |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=CBS New York |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Russo-Lennon |first=Barbara |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Congestion pricing: Where you will pay (and not pay) tolls in Manhattan |url=https://www.amny.com/news/congestion-pricing-where-tolls-are-in-manhattan/ |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=amNewYork}}</ref>