Trump's administration said on Wednesday that she was canceling the federal approval of the price congestion program in New York, which aims to reduce traffic and collect money to aging subway and bus systems.
The Secretary of US transport, Sean Duffy, said that the movement would stop the program that “leaves drivers without any alternative to the free highway, and instead requires more money from people working to pay for the transit system, not highways.”
As part of the program, which was launched on January 5, most passenger vehicles are downloaded 9 USD in the peak period to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. Trucks and buses pay up to USD 21.60.
The fee is reduced by 75 percent at night.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York Bridge Authority quickly filed a lawsuit in Manhattan, trying to block this move. They said that the decision was made “for gross political reasons” – in order to maintain the promise of the US President Donald Trump's republican campaign.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that the funds collected from the program form the basis for financing a debt of $ 15 billion for improving mass transit capital. On Wednesday, she said that the program was a great success, reducing travel time and helping children on school buses for time.
“We are a nation of law, not ruled by the king,” she said in a statement.
The prices of congestion that the city estimated will bring $ 500 million in the first year, were approved in the last months of the former president's administration Joe Biden. Because it was associated with fees on federal motorways, it required us to be approved.
Transit officials claim that the program has shortened the travel time to work and that travel times coming at all crossings of the Hudson and East River river are currently 10 to 30 percent faster or more, while the bus service has also improved. Metro rider has also increased since the introduction of fees.
US representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said that the dismissal of a federal approval is “almost unprecedented”.
“His approval cannot be arbitrarily withdrawn, especially when he clearly brings tangible benefits,” said Nadler.
New Jersey Phil Murphy, a democrat, who opposed the program, praised Trump and Duffy for their efforts to stop him. He said that the program gives a metropolitan transport of Authority a surplus of funds at the expense of people commuting to work in New Jersey.
Private cars, calculated by electronic registration plates, pay once a day, regardless of how many travels they take to the central business district.
Several other cities around the world have implemented embollar price systems. London, which started its system in 2003, currently downloads 15 pounds ($ 26.88 CDN). Singapore and Sweden also have price plans.
Before the fee, New York said that over 700,000 vehicles came to the Manhattan Central Business District every day, slowing down on average to about 11 km/h, which is 23 percent slower than in 2010.