New York (AP) – New York $ 9 of congestion toll On most of the drivers entering the most frequented part of Manhattan, remained in force on Sunday, despite an Easter deadline in the Trump administration to stop first -rate costs.
Governor’s office Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency supervising tolls, confirmed on Sunday that its circulation cameras system continues to receive the costs evaluated on most cars entering the district under Central Park.
“The cameras remain,” said Avi Small, spokesperson for Hochul, in an email.
The transport secretary of President Donald Trump, Sean Duffy, canceled the federal approval of the program in February, calling it “a slap against the Americans of the working class and the owners of small businesses” and initially gave in New York in New York Until March 21 conform.
The MTA challenged Duffy’s decision to the Federal Court and Duffy afterwards pushed the deadline Back over a month, until April 20. The Transport Service insisted that it would not back up the deadline even if the judicial case takes place, claiming that it “would not hesitate to use all the tools at our disposal” if the state had not stopped the toll.
“In the event that there were doubts, the MTA, the State and the City reaffirmed in a judicial file that the prize for congestion is there to stay and that the arguments that Secretary Duffy made him try to arrest him has no merit,” said John J. McCarthy, the MTA and external relations of the MTA on Sunday.
Spokesperson for the US Department of Transport immediately responded to messages asking for comments on Sunday.
The costs started on January 5 and not only aim to reduce traffic jams, but also to raise billions of dollars in revenues for metros, suburban trains and public buses in New York.
But Trump, whose homonym Trump Tower and other properties are in the congestion area, had sworn to kill the plan as soon as he took office.
The transit authority, on the other hand, continued to praise the advantages of the toll program, saying that fewer vehicles are now entering Manhattan.
About 560,000 vehicles per day entered the congestion zone in March, a decrease of 13% compared to around 640,000 that MTA projects would have crossed the area without the toll program, according to data, the agency Released earlier this month.
The agency previously declared that he was on the right track to meet the $ 500 million in income Initially projected this year from congestion prices.
The toll varies depending on the type of vehicle and the time of the day and is closer to the toll drivers who are already paying to cross the bridges and the tunnels in Manhattan.
Other major cities around the world, including London and Stockholm, have similar congestion programs.
Thursday, a Federal Manhattan judge rejected a series of prosecution brought by the Local truck industry and other local groups contesting the toll.
Most of these prosecution had argued that the costs had been approved by federal transport officials without appropriate examination and that the court should order the completion of a more complete study of environmental impact.
