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We are starting today in the Big Apple where New York City leadership is aiming to keep us from driving. That's right.
今天我们先从纽约开始说起，纽约市领导层的目标是阻止我们开车。没错。
New York city's congestion pricing is the first of its kind in the US.
纽约市的拥堵收费在美国尚属首例。
So what is congestion pricing?
那么，什么是拥堵收费？
Well, it's a fee charged per car with the goal of discouraging driving.
嗯，它是指每辆车收取的费用，目的是劝阻驾驶。
So as of January 5th, driving into Manhattan got even priceier.
从1月5日起，开车进入曼哈顿变得更加昂贵了。
Passenger vehicles now pay $9 during peak hours and 2.25 during off peak hours overnight to enter Manhattan below 60th Street each day.
现在，乘用车每天在高峰时段需要支付9美元，在夜间非高峰时段需要支付2.25美元，才能进入第60街以下的曼哈顿地区。
Trucks will also be charged fees for peak and off peak hours for each trip into Manhattan.
卡车在高峰和非高峰时间进入曼哈顿时也会被收取费用。
Congestion pricing has been a debated topic concept there for decades as early as the 1950s.
早在20世纪50年代，拥堵收费就是一个几十年来一直存在争论的话题概念。
In 2007, New York city's Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a form of congestion pricing that was eventually shot down.
2007年，纽约市长迈克尔·布隆伯格提出了一种形式的拥堵收费，但最终被否决了。
Those in favor of congestion pricing say it would reduce traffic in one of the world's densest and busiest areas, while also reducing pollution and providing a source of revenue for city projects.
那些支持拥堵收费的人认为，它将减少世界上最密集和最繁忙地区之一的交通，同时还可以减少污染，为城市项目提供收入来源。
On the other hand, critics are saying that it will steer business away from this city, and it's an unnecessary burden on everyday New Yorkers who commute to the city to ease that burden.
另一方面，批评人士说，这会让商业对纽约市敬而远之，这对每天通勤到这座城市只为减轻负担的纽约人来说构成了不必要的负担。
The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority or MTA offers a discount for drivers with annual household incomes below $50,000.
国营的大都会运输局(Metropolitan Transportation Authority，简称MTA)为家庭年收入低于5万美元的司机提供了折扣。
For many people, the plan has not been popular so far.
对许多人来说，该计划到目前为止并不受欢迎。
Legal challenges to congestion pricing sprang up even before the plan went into effect, though it has now largely been settled by the courts.
甚至在该计划生效之前，对拥堵收费的法律挑战就已经涌现，虽然现在基本上都已由法院了结。
And according to a December poll, over half of New York City voters disapprove of the congestion pricing plan.
根据12月份的一项民意调查，超过一半的纽约市选民不赞成拥堵收费计划。
Many New York and New Jersey politicians have criticized the measure as well.
纽约州和新泽西州的许多政界人士也批评了这项措施。
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end the fees when he is in office.
候任总统唐纳德·特朗普承诺，他上任后将停止收取这项费用。
For now all eyes are on New York as leadership in other congested cities like Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C. is weighing whether they too should implement congestion pricing plans.
目前，所有人的目光都集中在纽约，因为芝加哥、波士顿和华盛顿特区等其他拥堵城市的领导层正在权衡是否也应该实施拥堵收费计划。
