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AND US Transport Department (DOT) A letter was issued in which he ordered the Metropolitan Transport Administration in New York (MTA) to remove his controversial congestion prices in mid -March.
Letter, dated and signed Highway Federal Administration (FHWA) CEO Gloria Shepherd on February 20th and announced on Wednesday, notes that the New York State Ministry of Transport (Nysdot) and his project sponsors “have to stop” toll tolls on federal highways at the New York Central Program of the Tolling Business Quarter by March 21.
He noted that the implementation of the FHWA program was initially approved before the Secretary Dot Dot Duffy sent a letter on February 19, in which he abolished the program.
Shepherd urged the agencies and sponsors of the project to “abolish the operations” in a “neat way,” the letter said.
Heavy traffic enters Donji Manhattan after crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
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Last weekTrump’s administration issued a federal order in which he stopped the program, which began on January 5 and aimed at restricting traffic and financed a mass transit by adding a toll of $ 9 to a “majority” of vehicles entering the core of Manhattan south of Central Park.
Despite Trump’s action, the tolls continued because of the federal lawsuit filed by MTA, a state agency leading public transportation New York City.
“Our position is clear: this is not a lawful command. We have already filed a lawsuit and now it is in the courts to decide,” John J. McCarthy, head of MTA for politics and external relations, wrote in a statement on Wednesday, in a statement, in a statement.
Critics say that payment has a negative effect on suburban passengers or those without accessing an underground rail system, causing increased costs of Americans of working class and Owners of small businesses. The “Cordon Price” method on the toll means that drivers have to pay for a toll no matter what roads they use, because there is no possibility without collecting.
President Donald Trump stopped the program for concerns about US and small working classes. (Campaign Donald Trump 2024)
Proponents claim that fees will limit traffic congestion and reduce air pollution.
MTA announced on Monday that tolls from the congestion zone (CRZ) had revenue of $ 48.66 million, with a net of $ 37.5 million, from January 5 to January 31.
Data show that the program is on the way to generates $ 500 million that MTA initially projected.
“We are on our way to a projected net income of $ 500 million, especially when we get into warmer months when traffic will increase, which provides confidence in the forecast,” said MTA Financial Officer Jai Patel. “All indicators show that the program reduces traffic, but also projects the revenue of being on the target for what we had on 4,000 pages of studies and what we looked at in the fall. “
Of the nearly $ 50 million generated since the start of the program in January, 22% came from taxi and rental vehicles ($ 10.6 million), 68% came from passenger vehicles, 9% came from the truck, and 1% came from bus and motorcycle, MTA said.
Manhattan became the first city in the country to implement a congestion price system. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
About 85% of non-Taxi revenue and vehicle rental was generated from passenger vehicles, and 15% were realized from trucks, buses and motorcycles, the Agency reported. And 95% of revenue was generated during supreme hours.
The costs from the program, which include the infrastructure of the operating camera and the user service, amounted to $ 9.1 million. In addition to two million dollars to alleviate efforts, the results were a net surplus of $ 37.5 million.
New York The government of Kathy Hochul, a program advocate, met with Trump to talk about the matter.
Democrat claimed that the city was “paralyzed by the grid” and the program could “start the city again”.
“People in my country need to know that I am willing to fight wherever I have to,” Hochul said.
New York government Kathy Hochul was open about her thoughts on a controversial charge program, promising not to end. (AP/ Getty Images)
As the situation is going on, Hochul said she expects the state to be defeated in court and that the program will continue.
The Federal Highway and Nysdot Administration concluded an agreement on November 21, 2024, approved by the Central Business District (CBDTP) toll program within the Pilot Program of Value Program (VPPP).
The VPPP, which Congress approved in 1991, is an exception from a general rule prohibiting highway tolls as a pilot for testing techniques to reduce congestion.
New York is one of a dozen countries allowed to implement the program.
Danielle Wallace, Charles Creitz and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
