Duffy Moves To Revoke NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

The New York Times reports:

President Trump intends to revoke federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan’s busiest streets to finance repairs to mass transit.  In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, the president’s transportation secretary outlined Mr. Trump’s objections to the program, the first of its kind in the United States.

The letter from Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, cited the cost to working class motorists, the use of revenue from the tolls for transit upgrades rather than roads. Trump has said that he would end the tolls because he claimed that they were drawing visitors and businesses away from Manhattan. Already, early data suggested that gridlock had lessened during the program’s initial weeks as fewer drivers piled into the tolled area.

Read the full article. The city has already spent millions on signage, public notice campaigns, and hundreds of toll cameras. But Hair Furor cannot resist any opportunity to own the libs, no matter the cost.

BREAKING: The Trump administration, cloaking itself in the mantle of concern for the “working class,” has withdrawn federal approval for congestion pricing, cutting funding for billions of dollars in repairs to the NYC region’s lifeblood transit system.

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