The Trump administration wants New York City to eliminate its pricing, an automated toll program designed to reduce bumper-to-bumper traffic in the city’s trade area from 60th street and below. But the Governor of New York is fighting back.
Drined in a letter was made public on February and Wednesday, Gloria Shepherd, Executive Director of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) informed New York City and State Transport Officers that FHWA officer “will contact the subject” to discuss the seriality of great operations “and Central Business District Tolting Program. Shepherd said that the program should be effective.
New York Governor Kathy Huchul and Metropolitan Transit Authority have filed a lawsuit to prevent toll operations which have been approved by federal officials and which produced millions of dollars for New York City, which started in January.
Hosul recently told a meeting of the MTA board that while the federal government has called for a “systematic termination” of the program, it is proposing a “systematic resistance”.
“I guarantee that the President never had to remember the incident of a child’s game, which was stuck in the train with a delay. Sometimes had to stand in the flooded metro station because there was no repair membership. There was no membership.
The Congress pricing program started from 5 January. From 5 January to January, the revenue from toll was $ 31.5 million to $ 48.66 million, with $ 37.5 million pure.
The toll program is on track to generate about $ 500 million for MTA by the end of the year, MTA CEO Janno Liber said, allows the authority to progress with its plans for bus, subway and transit improvement.
Some information for this report came from Associated Press.