New York City Congestion Pricing

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Trump's transportation secretary open to some form of NYC congestion pricing after prez declared tolls 'dead'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he’d be “100%” open to some form of congestion pricing after moving to pull federal approval of the controversial toll program.

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But Duffy questioned the $9 toll amount — the funds of which will go toward raising $15 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — and wondered whether the aim of the program was actually geared toward reducing congestion on Manhattan’s busiest streets.

 

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Feds give MTA deadline to kill NYC congestion pricing tolls

MTA Chair Janno Lieber vowed to defy the order, continuing a fight between the transit agency and the Trump administration over the program's future.

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Multiple Lawsuits Aim to Save NYC Congestion Pricing

Environmental and transit advocacy groups, along with the MTA, are suing USDOT over its recent crusade to end the cordon pricing program.

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Congestion pricing will continue past federal deadline, MTA chair says

An injunction would be needed to stop the tolls.

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Feds give NYC congestion pricing 30-day extension, slamming Gov. Hochul's 'open disrespect'

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the new deadline will allow talks to continue between Gov. Hochul and federal government.

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MTA, feds reach agreement that could keep NYC congestion pricing tolls in place into the fall

The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement that could keep New York City congestion pricing in place into the fall.

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Once the agreed-to timeline expires, a judge would have final say on what will happen next with the controversial tolling program, CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook confirmed Monday night.

 

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'Congestion pricing is working': MTA says tolls keeping 82k drivers a day out of Manhattan

The data released by the MTA last week estimates the tolls caused 2.5 million fewer vehicle entries into Manhattan below 60th Street in March.

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Feds accidentally publish secret plan to kill NYC congestion pricing

Lawyers for the federal government briefly uploaded a letter laying out a longshot argument to revoke approval for the MTA's congestion pricing tolls.

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Congestion Pricing Fight With DOT at Impasse, New York Says - TT

New York is poised to seek an immediate court order in its lawsuit to protect its congestion pricing program from the Trump administration's push to shut it down.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority hasn’t yet asked for such a freeze. But it said in a letter May 2 that it has reached an “impasse” in talks to stop the Department of Transportation from trying to kill the system, which has been up and running for four months. The MTA suggested it will ask the judge on the case to issue a preliminary injunction blocking DOT from withholding federal approvals or funding for New York as it continues to impose the toll.

 

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NYC car crashes have been declining. Congestion pricing accelerated the trend.

There were 1,526 crashes in the congestion zone south of 60th Street between the toll’s launch on Jan. 5 and April 21. That marks a 13% reduction compared to the same period last year.

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MTA defies feds’ fourth deadline to kill congestion pricing, calls Duffy threats a ‘sham’

Fourth time’s a “sham.” The Metropolitan Transportation Authority defied the feds’ fourth deadline to kill congestion pricing — while ripping Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy&#…

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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration action over congestion pricing

The temporary restraining order bars the Trump administration from withholding "federal funds, approvals, or authorizations" from New York over congestion pricing.

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