A federal judge has issued a temporary order to preserve the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) ability to implement tolls

New York’s congestion pricing program is likely to stay in place through late 2025 while a federal judge decides whether the Trump administration can stop New York from charging motorists to enter Manhattan’s busiest streets.

Congestion pricing involves using electronic tolling to charge vehicles $9 for entering Manhattan’s Congestion Relief Zone to reduce traffic and raise money for public transportation upgrades. One of the main federal arguments against the plan is that the congestion pricing toll rate was set mainly to raise money for the MTA.

Fourth time’s a “sham.” The Metropolitan Transportation Authority defied the feds’ fourth deadline to kill congestion pricing — while ripping Transportation Secretary Sean