New York City collected $48.6 million in revenue from the first month of its congestion pricing program that the Trump administration has moved to kill, a transit agency said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said on Monday that in January the program reduced congestion and raised $48.

After USDOT pulled approval of New York City's congestion toll, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority filed a lawsuit to keep it. Details here.

The transportation secretary said he would revoke federal approval for the program, citing the cost to motorists; the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly filed a lawsuit to stop the move.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has quickly filed a lawsuit today in an effort to block federal government revocation of its permission for Manhattan’s congestion tolling program. The move,

Duffy did not give a time frame for trying to shut down congestion pricing, saying only that federal officials would contact the state to "discuss the orderly cessation of toll operations." MTA CEO Janno Lieber said tolling would "continue notwithstanding this baseless effort to snatch those benefits away."

The Trump administration is moving to hit the brakes on New York City's 'first-in-the-nation' congestion pricing program as Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrats vow to fight the decision. On Thursday,

The MTA anticipates the fee will bring in nearly $500 million a year, or about $40 million per month.

Congestion pricing is working, MTA officials said Monday, releasing data that showed the congestion pricing toll generated $48.7 million in gross revenue for January. The revenue data comes as the Trump administration seeks to kill the congestion toll by revoking a federal authorization given last year allowing the MTA to fund the capital plan with toll revenue.

The MTA collected $48.7 million in driver tolls during the first month of its congestion pricing program, a multimillion dollar shortfall from the agency’s original projections, according to financial disclosures released Monday.

Congestion pricing tolls reaped nearly $49 million from Manhattan motorists during the controversial program’s first month, MTA officials revealed Monday. Roughly 85% of that toll revenue from January came from passenger cars,