Traffic congestion Vehicles sit in traffic while exiting the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)

For New York's governor and mayor to agree upon anything, it has to be a big deal, so their joint declaration that drivers entering Manhattan's business core should have to pay a fee probably will change life for its millions of residents and visitors.

Under the plan sketched out Tuesday, electronic-tolling devices would be installed around the district south of 61st Street by 2020, with discounts for off-peak travel. Uber Technologies Inc. is among those supporting the push for so-called congestion pricing.

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