New York's congestion pricing | Trump kills congestion pricing plan

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nycfan said:

Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing​

The New York City tolling program began on Jan. 5 after defying obstacles for decades. A move to stop it would likely touch off a legal battle between the state and federal government.

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Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing

The New York City tolling program began on Jan. 5 after defying obstacles for decades. A move to stop it would likely touch off a legal battle between the state and federal government.
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The Department of Transportation is discussing whether to withdraw a key federal authorization that the tolling plan received from the Biden administration last year. Such a move would almost certainly touch off a legal battle between the state and federal governments, and could effectively kill congestion pricing in its infancy.

No final decision has been made but President Trump had vowed to halt congestion pricing once he entered office, saying it was harmful to the city’s economy. The program’s opponents have urged Mr. Trump to re-examine it, with Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey calling it “a disaster for working- and middle-class New Jersey commuters and residents” in a letter to Mr. Trump last week.

The tolling program started on Jan. 5 after surviving a number of lawsuits seeking to block it and a last-minute suspension by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York in June. …”
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sTaTeS rIgHtS uNleSs wE DiSaGrEe wItH iT!!!11!!
 
If you can make it New York, you can make it anywhere. Actually, I've never liked that old saw. Try living in eastern North Carolina. If you can make it here, New York is a piece of cake...
 
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Exclusive | NYC congestion pricing axed as Trump pulls approval of hated toll

Congestion pricing, we hardly knew ye.
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NYC congestion pricing axed as Trump pulls approval of hated toll​

"... The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration terminated the approval of the controversial program, according to a letter Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent to Hochul on Wednesday afternoon.

“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. ..."
 
nycfan said:
nypost.com

Exclusive | NYC congestion pricing axed as Trump pulls approval of hated toll

Congestion pricing, we hardly knew ye.
nypost.com nypost.com

NYC congestion pricing axed as Trump pulls approval of hated toll​

"... The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration terminated the approval of the controversial program, according to a letter Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent to Hochul on Wednesday afternoon.

“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. ..."
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I really wish the media would stop reporting on this bullshit as if it's a done deal. It's not. New York will sue; the court will issue a TRO; and then a preliminary injunction because Trump has no authority to do this.
 
superrific said:
I really wish the media would stop reporting on this bullshit as if it's a done deal. It's not. New York will sue; the court will issue a TRO; and then a preliminary injunction because Trump has no authority to do this.
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The NYPost is a MAGA media organ, so … not much point complaining about their coverage.
 
I read Duffy's letter. It's interesting.

Basically, it does like this: The statutory phrases in federal law "congestion pricing pilot program" and "value pricing pilot programs" that authorize the program are ambiguous and thus he is construing those terms narrowly. And because it's an ambiguous statutory phrase, the Secretary's determination is owed Chevron deference and, what's that? What do you mean there's no such thing as Chevron deference any more? Damn liberals always foiling our plans? Wait, who did that? Huh.
 
So I drove down to 46th and 12th earlier today...did I get charged?

BTW...no front license plate on an NC car just pisses them off. They get me just the same.
 
farce© said:
But conservatives love toll lanes run by private contractors deploying variable pricing based on volume. Those private toll lanes (brought to us by “conservative” legislators) sure as hell make “the driving experience better for some at the cost of making the driving experience much, much worse for others.”
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Tell me about it. My granddaughter goes to school at Alabama. This past summer she spent several weeks in Florida. Which for those you don’t know, has a shit load of toll roads. My wife and I bought her a car to drive. The title and insurance are in our name. You can buy passes that allow you to drive these roads without further toll payments. Well, we didn’t know. So, every 2-3 weeks I would get a bill from Florida DOT where she had driven on the toll roads. If she goes to Florida this summer you can bet your ass she will have one of those passes.
 
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