Trump administration orders New York to end congestion pricing by 21 March

Source: The Guardian

Trump administration orders New York to end congestion pricing by 21 March

Head of Federal Highway Administration informed New York that the traffic-calming program ‘must cease’

Maya Yang
Wed 26 Feb 2025 22.08 GMT
Last modified on Thu 27 Feb 2025 00.22 GMT

The Trump administration has ordered New York City to end its congestion pricing program by 21 March.

In a letter dated 20 February and publicized on Wednesday, the US transportation department’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) executive director, Gloria Shepherd, informed New York state and city officials that they “must cease the collection of tolls on federal-aid highways in the [central business district tolling program] area by March 21, 2025”.

“In order to provide [the New York state department of transportation] and its project sponsors time to terminate operations of this pilot project in an orderly manner, this rescission of approval and termination of the November 21, 2024 agreement will be effective on March 21, 2025,” the letter added.

It also cited a letter addressed to New York state and city officials on 19 February by Sean Duffy, Trump’s newly appointed transportation secretary.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/trump-nyc-congestion-pricing