New York City considers congestion tolls

NEW YORK — Drivers entering the heart of New York City would pay an extra $9 to $23 as soon as the end of next year under a plan aimed at reducing congestion in the country’s most congested city.

Details of the plan, known as congestion pricing, were included in an environmental assessment released Wednesday that is part of the federal regulatory process.

The tolls would be the first of their kind in the U.S. Other cities, including London, Stockholm and Singapore, have used similar plans.

Revenue from the tolls, projected to be roughly $1 billion a year, would be used to finance borrowing to upgrade the city’s mass transit systems.