"I want to thank President Trump and Secretary Duffy for their efforts to halt the current congestion pricing program in Manhattan's Central Business District. While I have consistently expressed openness to a
The whole goal here is to reduce the amount of congestion in New York City in the Central Business District. You and I know that we go through the city to get someplace, it takes forever sometimes. And what they're hoping is that because they're going to charge during the day, b...
Lieber also highlighted the program's early success, saying traffic was down 9% in January, 1.2 million fewer vehicles entered Manhattan's Central Business District and bus speeds are up. "The streets are safer -- half as many crashes, and that means pedestrians are not getting injured and k...
Aware of the president’s dislike of the tolling system, Hochul spoke with Trump by phone several times as part of her attempt to present him and senior level White House staff with data showing the tolls are not keeping people from coming into the city – a central criticism of opponents ...