A congestion tax? That seems very unlikely to me, I would be shocked if car owners/users were not wealthier almost across the board.

Well, car owners living in Manhattan, anyway. I doubt the same is true for FHV drivers coming in from further out.

There aren't many poor people commuting into Manhattan every day using a car. You'd be spending way more on fuel and parking than the monthly MTA ticket costs.

Well, if you're an FHV driver, MTA won't cut it, since you can't take it on the train with you, and you need it to do your job. On the upside, given the nature of the work, you shouldn't have to worry too much about parking costs.

With a for hire vehicle any congestion tax you had to pay should be passed on to your customers.

In my (admittedly anecdotal) experience, the poorest here don't have cars.

Good. Anyone driving a car should be paying enough money to cover what they use, something they clearly aren't doing. Drivers get too much of a free ride.

How so? Why do poor people need to drive to downtown Manhattan on weekdays? The car volume is almost exclusively for hire vehicles.