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.
In response to President Trump’s move to end New York City congestion pricing on Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul has said that she will not end the tolling program. At a press conference called mere hours after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that federal approval for the tolling program would be rescinded,
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday moved to end the polarizing congestion pricing program that started on Jan. 5 in New York City. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the move will halt the program that charges most drivers $9 to enter much of Manhattan and criticized the toll that “leaves drivers without any free highway alternative,
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday officially announced plans to reverse federal approval for New York City's congestion pricing program. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent Gov.
"Instead of paying $9, could someone pay $5 to reduce congestion, or $3 to reduce congestion?" Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
The Trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to kill New York City’s congestion pricing – a controversial tolling program designed to help raise millions in critical infrastructure funding and decrease traffic in Manhattan’s most congested zones.
New York became the first city in the U.S. to implement congestion pricing, with funds s set to fund much-needed repairs to the MTA.
The MTA quickly filed a lawsuit when the Trump administration rescinded federal approval for the congestion pricing toll program
Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he has ended New York’s congestion pricing , boasting in all caps that he “SAVED” the city in a Truth Social post that ended with the declaration “LONG LIVE THE KING!”
In a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Feb. 19, USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy rescinded a Nov. 21, 2024, agreement signed under the Value Pricing Pilot Program, saying
The U.S. Department of Transportation is withdrawing its support for New York City’s controversial congestion pricing plan and will discuss with the state and stakeholders how to end the program, the agency announced Wednesday.