The Wire

A new charge is set to take a bite out of the pocket of motorists in the Big Apple. Its part of a proposal to stem traffic jams announced this week by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The new Traffic Congestion Charge will see New York motorists hit with an eight-dollar fee for driving their cars into traffic-logged central Manhattan. According to Bloomberg the charge aims to deal with expected population growth and stem carbon emissions – and is following in the footsteps of global cities like London, Stockholm, and Singapore.