New York City urges judge to block Trump administration from eliminating its congestion pricing program

New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority connected Monday asked a justice to artifact the Trump medication from eliminating the city's congestion pricing program.

Lawyers for the city's proscription section and the MTA requested the justice contented an bid to artifact Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's plans to termination the programme and his menace to withhold national authorities approvals for different projects and perchance billions successful funding.

New York State besides asked for a preliminary injunction to artifact the national authorities from blocking the program.

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Lawyers for the city's proscription section and the MTA asked a justice to contented an bid to artifact Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's plans to termination the program. (Getty Images)

The programme was launched successful January, utilizing physics licence sheet readers and charging astir drivers a $9 toll during highest periods to participate Manhattan southbound of 60th Street successful an effort to trim congestion and rise funds to amended wide transit.

New York pointed to a societal media station made by President Donald Trump successful February successful which helium boasted astir his effort to termination congestion pricing.

"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and each of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" the station said. The White House besides posted an representation depicting him wearing a crown.

New York City says the programme has dramatically reduced congestion. It said determination person been astir 5.8 cardinal less cars than expected successful the congestion portion betwixt January and March, oregon a simplification of astir 8% to 13%.

New York City says the programme has dramatically reduced congestion. (Getty Images)

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Travel times to participate Manhattan person dramatically improved and postulation was reduced by 12% past month, portion edifice stays, retail spending and pedestrian postulation person each increased, the metropolis said.

"Stopping the programme would besides mean a instrumentality to the crippling congestion that has agelong plagued Manhattan," the MTA and the metropolis wrote.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has said funds raised from the programme would enactment $15 cardinal successful indebtedness financing for wide transit superior improvements.

The metropolis said determination person been astir 5.8 cardinal less cars than expected successful the congestion portion betwixt January and March. (Getty Images)

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Last month, Duffy told Hochul that the Department of Transportation whitethorn withhold biology approvals oregon task backing if the authorities does not destruct congestion pricing by precocious May.

The section approved the congestion programme successful November nether erstwhile President Joe Biden's administration. DOT support is required due to the fact that it involves tolls connected national highways.

Duffy and different critics of the programme reason that it pulls wealth from moving radical and leaves drivers without a escaped road option.

Reuters contributed to this report.