NEW YORK — New York’s congestion pricing plan will begin Sunday, Jan. 5, after a judge turned down New Jersey’s last-ditch effort to block the program.
Gothamist reports U.S. Judge Leo Gordon said New Jersey’s request to delay the program was “in a nutshell, denied,” in a Friday evening ruling clarifying a 72-page decision earlier in the week [see “Following court ruling …,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 2, 2025 ]. The earlier ruling mostly found for the New York program but said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Federal Highway Administration needed to provide more information on how they will address impacts in New Jersey. That original decision did not explicitly say tolling could begin, leading to New Jersey’s challenge that it should be halted until that information was provided.
An attorney representing New Jersey said the state would appeal.
The start of the tolling program will see most vehicles charged $9 when they enter lower Manhattan from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. The money raised, projected to be about $500 million, will fund MTA capital programs.
The long-term future of the tolling program remains in doubt. President-elect Donald Trump said in a social media post last year that he would kill it during his first week in office.
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