According to a New York Post report, the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced it will no longer support New York City’s controversial congestion pricing, calling the move “backwards and unfair.”
The announcement came in a letter from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent to New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday afternoon.
From The New York Post:
“New York State’s congestion pricing plan is a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners,” said Duffy, noting that commuters entering NYC have already financed the construction and improvement of city roadways through their taxes.
“But now the toll program leaves drivers without any free highway alternative, and instead, takes more money from working people to pay for a transit system and not highways. It’s backwards and unfair,” he said, blasting the program as harmful to small businesses in the Big Apple that depend on customers from New Jersey and Connecticut.
The department will officially rescind the Nov. 21 agreement signed under the Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP) that imposed a stiff $9 surcharge for drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street starting in January.
“Every American should be able to access New York City regardless of their economic means. It shouldn’t be reserved for an elite few.”
The department will officially rescind the Nov. 21 agreement signed under the Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP) that imposed a stiff $9 surcharge for drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street starting in January.
“Every American should be able to access New York City regardless of their economic means. It shouldn’t be reserved for an elite few.”
More over at The New York Post:
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— New York Post (@nypost) February 19, 2025
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