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.
The Gateway Development Commission, overseeing the new rail tunnel project beneath the Hudson River, is relying on $12 billion in federal money.
New York City’s new toll on motorists driving into Manhattan’s busiest areas raised $48.6 million in its first month, as President Donald Trump is seeking to end the congestion pricing program just weeks after it began.
"Instead of paying $9, could someone pay $5 to reduce congestion, or $3 to reduce congestion?" Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
One of President Trump’s anti-congestion pricing mouthpieces has a notable conflict of interest: her husband owns more than a dozen parking garages in the very part of Manhattan where driving has been reduced by the toll.
MTA head Janno Lieber said 1.2 million fewer vehicles went into Manhattan's central business district in January.
The president made his power to shut down the tolling system sound absolute. But legal experts say the law may not be in his favor.
Just weeks after drivers started getting slammed with a $9 fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he was scrapping approval, calling the ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the tolling program was "flat out wrong," but suggested it could be made acceptable with some tweaks.
The MTA immediately filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration in the Southern District of New York.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Federal Highway Administration has "terminated approval" of New York City's congestion pricing plan.
U.S. transportation secretary Sean Duffy, who moved to pull federal approval of congestion pricing this week, has now said he is “100%” open to some form of the tolling program in Manhattan.