Misread license plate shows system is flawed Julie Millet — Yahoo news Wed, March 5, 2025 NY Giants license plate causes accidental congestion toll WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WPIX) — When Termain Brice gets into his Dodge Durango, he doesn’t typically drive into Manhattan. So imagine his surprise when he checked his EZPass account and...
Trump ends tolling scam in Manhattan By Jon Campbell, Stephen Nessen and Ramsey Khalifeh Published Feb 19, 2025 — Gothamist President Donald Trump’s administration revoked federal approval for congestion pricing on Wednesday, taking a first step toward fulfilling his campaign promise to kill the tolls that charge drivers a $9 daytime fee to enter Manhattan...
Tolling could be killed using Federal DOT By Miranda Devine Published Feb. 8, 2025 NY Post President Trump has formulated a plan to force New York to “kill” congestion pricing in Manhattan through the federal Department of Transportation, he told The Post in an exclusive interview. Among potential penalties available to the agency are withholding millions of dollars in...
Trump Thinks NYC Tolling a Disaster By Nicole Gelinas Published Jan. 26, 2025 NY Post During his first week back in office, President Trump checked off a long list of tasks he said he’d do: securing the border, dissolving DEI, ditching climate regulations. But a promise from the campaign trail remains: “TERMINATE Congestion Pricing in my FIRST WEEK!!!”...
Hopeful that the Federal Highway Administration under Trump could unravel the program’s authorization By Vaughn Golden Published Jan. 11, 2025 — NY Post President-elect Donald Trump said he’s on board for scrapping congestion pricing and lifting the cap on state and local tax deductions, The Post has learned. In a Saturday night meeting with Republican...
Tone-deaf misfits take victory lap on regressive tax By Mike Lawler — NY Post Published Jan. 7, 2025 With congestion pricing now underway, the tone-deaf misfits at the MTA are taking a victory lap on just about every news network they can, touting how visionary their regressive tax is while claiming it will lead to better...
Public backlash caused Governor to “pause” tolling increase By Carl Campanile and Aneeta Bhole Published Dec. 26, 2024 NY Post Gov. Kathy Hochul put the brakes on the MTA’s plan to hike the price of the new Manhattan congestion toll by 25% on “gridlock alert” days after fierce backlash for the plan. https://nypost.com/2024/12/26/us-news/hochul-puts-brakes-on-congestion-tolls-extra-surge-pricing-squeeze-after-fierce-backlash/ Hochul...
Program to raise $1 billion for transit at risk By Kevin Frey Washington, D.C. PUBLISHED 6:30 AM ET Dec. 06, 2024 — NY 1 News The license-plate readers are in place. The tolling plan has been approved by the feds. After years of fits and starts, New York is moving ahead with plans to toll vehicles entering...
Metropolitan Transportation Commission accounting a mess because it comingles different portions of the tolls By Daniel Borenstein | dborenstein@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group December 6, 2024 — The Mercury News About $73 million of Bay Area bridge toll money that voters approved in 2018 for public transit and freeway improvement projects has instead been diverted to pay for...
An 80% increase in 2 years The state is considering raising the maximum toll rate along the busy highway from $15 to $18. by Jordan Hansen Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Everett Herald BOTHELL — The state is again looking for public comment on I-405 tolling as it considers raising rates and weekend tolling. The Washington State Transportation Commission...
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