Trump’s administration announced on Wednesday that it abolished the federal approval of the New York congestion prices, which was designed to reduce traffic and raise money to upgrade the aging of subway and bus systems.
Sean Duffy’s American secretary said that the move would stop a program that “leaves drivers without any free highway alternative and instead takes more money than working people to pay a transit system, not highways.”
According to the program, which was launched on January 5, most passenger vehicles were charged $ 9 during the top periods to enter Manhattan south of 60. Trucks and buses pay up to $ 21.60.
The fee is reduced by 75 percent at night.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Administration and the New York Bridge bridge quickly filed a lawsuit on Manhattan wanting to block the move. They said that the decision was made “for harsh political reasons” – to support the promise of a Republican US President Donald Trump’s campaign.
Trump proclaimed a move on social networks and wrote, “Live the king!” And the White House posted a ridiculed photo of him on the social media that carry the crown.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the funds raised from the program compared to $ 15 billion in debt funding for improvements of mass transit capital. On Wednesday, she said that the program was a huge success, reducing the trip time and helping children on school buses to come to class on time.
“We are a nation of the law, which the king does not rule,” she said in a statement.
The prices of congestion, which the city estimated, would have brought $ 500 million in its first year, were approved in the last months of the administration of former President Joe Biden. As it included tolls on federal highways, we required approval.
Transit officials say the program has broken off the trip time and that the entrance time of travel at all crossings of the Hudson and East River River is now 10 percent up to 30 percent faster or more, while the bus service has also improved. The ride of the subway has also grown since the toll was introduced.
American representative Jerroold Arms, a New York Democrat, said the recall of the federal approval was “almost unprecedented”.
“His approval cannot be tangled arbitrarily, especially when he obviously brings tangible benefits,” said the sufferer.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat who opposed the program, praised Trump and Duffy for their efforts to stop him. He said the program gives excess funds to the Metropolitan Traffic Administration to the detriment of passengers in New Jersey.
Billed through electronic readers of the license plates, private cars pay once a day, no matter how many trips they perform to the central business district.
Several other cities around the world have implemented the congestion price systems. London, which began its system in 2003, now charges £ 15 (£ 26.88). Singapore and Sweden also have congestion prices.
Prior to the fee, New York said that more than 700,000 vehicles were entering the Central Manhattan Business District, slowing down traffic on average about 11 km/h, which is 23 percent slower than in 2010.
