Despite the letter from Gov Hocul from US Transport Secretary Sean Dafi, Hocul, congestion pricing is still in place and this place will remain as the 60th cents of the Feds will remain in the south of New York to end the tolling program for driving vehicles in the south of New York only Not, not Washington, can decide to pull the plug and the village is pushing back. This is a fight that it will win.
The Dafi letter to Hochar was first published by another local newspaper on Wednesday at 12:02, but was not sent to Hosul. At 12:29, USDot sent a press release with the letter, but not to Hosul. Hosul said his office received a letter at 1:01 and at 1:02, MTA lawyer Robbie Coupon filed a case against Dafi in the Manhattan federal court, requesting that Judge Louis Liman found the case.
Liman, who is handling four cases against congestion pricing, is well aware of the matter and has constantly ruled in favor of MTA and New York that all necessary studies, reviews and approval were done properly and correctly. Were. This was the same discovery with Federal Judge Kathy Sebel at White Plans and his various crowded pricing cases in Leo Gordon in Newark.
The issue before Liman is simple: Is the Federal Highway Administration (a subsidiary of USDOT) has the right to cancel its signature on the Pricing Pilot Program, which requires toll on the road route funded by a union?
The answer is similar to this: no.
VPPPPP Documents, State Transport Department, MTA’s Triboro Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Department of Transportation and FHWA on 21 November, signed by Transportation and Tunnel Authority, allows only one of the four parties to cancel the toll, which is the previous ” Excepted for “at least 10 years. ,
Article 11 has fully stated: “That Nysdot, TBTA and NYCDOT agreed that they will work with FHWA so that the project can be returned to its original operations if the toll closure on the TBTA project to close the toll on the project Decisions. “
TBTA alone can cancel TBTA, which is why President Trump was pressurizing Hosul to stop the toll, as only that power in New York is the only power. Not President, not Duffy, not FHWA. The toll began on January 5, 2025, so the minimum window of 10 years is January 5, 2035, when Trump and Dafi will last long. Liman will come to the same conclusion.
It takes decades to reach here and the New York law has duly implemented congestion pricing and approved by the federal government. A letter of Scene Dafi does nothing to change it.
Liman will ask lawyers for FHWA, who are in court since 2023, which are supporting congestion pricing, why are they suddenly switching to the sides. A new President and the new USDOT secretary is not enough answer.
Dafi says that congestion pricing has to go because it “offers no toll-free options for many drivers.” However, there is no “no toll-free option” to cross the Hudson River unless you drive all the way to Albani city to use the Dun Memorial Bridge. All 10 crossings in the south have tolls.
He is also upset that the revenue is transit and toll is not ready to curb only traffic. Easy solution: Increase toll to keep more cars out of midtown. We suspect what is the thinking of Dafi.
Judge Liman should do a quick job.
