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...
Be concerned about TOLLING proposals in the 2025 Oregon Legislature McLain wants to modify your behavior Monday December 30, 2024 By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com (Above is New York’s congestion price toll plan) By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com STEP #1 • NY Governor proposed congestion price tolls • Kotek proposed congestion price...
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...
Thomas C. Zambito, New York State Team Wed, December 18, 2024 — Yahoo News The New York State Thruway Authority has lost $631,000 in revenue this year from motorists hiding or altering their plates from tolling cameras, a 55% surge from 2023. The total losses as of mid-November had already surpassed 2023’s $407,000 total, according...
Rob the Road Guy’s excellent history on Oregon Tolling It’s more than a little controversial to toll a road that people have used for free for 60 years. Let’s uncover a quirk of Oregon’s government — which may explain why tolling keeps popping up.
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...
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