The MTA rolling is out new vans for disabled riders that are electric.

“It’s continued our commitment to not only invest in our fleet, making our entire fleet, whether it’s our Access-A-Ride vehicles or our bus fleet zero-emission,” said New York City Transit President Richard Davey. “But also continue to make sure we invest in our fleet that carries our most important customers, our paratransit customers.”

That investment brings wait times down and expands an on-demand pilot program, bringing paratransit customer satisfaction to an all-time high of 80%.

The MTA spent about $400,000 for each of the 15 electric blue-and-white buses, which will hit the road in the coming year, and provide not only a cleaner ride for the environment, but a smoother ride for customers.

“It is also symbolic of the beginning or perhaps the continuation of a movement to improve services so that all of our customers are happy, safe, content and free to enjoy their lives like everyone else,” Paratransit Advisory Board Chair RueZalia Watkins said.

It is part of the MTA’s efforts to make the agency more accessible, which could be threatened, however, if congestion pricing doesn’t go forward.

“And this vehicle, while we purchased 15 from our operating budget,” Davey said. “If we want to expand our fleet, we’re going to need congestion pricing.”

There is also a new threat to the tolling plan. Staten Island Assemblyman Michael Tannousis is introducing a bill to repeal it.

“I have met very, very few assemblymembers who are for congestion pricing,” Tannousis said at a press conference at the foot of the Verrazzano Bridge. “When you speak to elected officials from Staten Island, from Brooklyn, from Queens, they’re against it.”

His bill would also increase the MTA board to 17 members and mandate each borough be represented. But Watkins says the lawmakers should consider the effects of congestion on her life since she can’t take the subway.

“One of the difficulties we have is that our trips are long, we are stuck in traffic too often,” Watkins said. “So I think that this congestion pricing, along with the new scheduling system, is going to help us.”

Even if the bill has votes, a Democrat is sponsoring it in the Senate, it’s up to the leaders of each chamber whether to bring it to the floor for a full vote. And if passed, it presumably would have to have the votes to be veto proof.

Gov. Kathy Hochul supports congestion pricing.