Trump dictator-ing NYC congestion pricing

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This is going to be very unpopular. I know a lot of people who were very against congestion pricing before it went into effect, and then absolutely loved the results. I can’t name a single person against it now.

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How does the federal government have any say here? These are all local roads in Manhattan. They aren’t interstate highways.

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Anonymous wrote:Congestion pricing has been great. On the rare time I need to drive to downtown Manhattan it used to take me about 1.5hrs, I’ve done it twice since and it only took 30min!

It was a pleasure to spend the $9! I was surprised so little would make such a difference. And a friend of mine that lives in the zone is happy as well, quality of life is up with less cars on the street.

Spoken like someone who does not appreciate that 9 dollars daily is a lot to many people

If you are driving in, by yourself, for a white collar job in the congestion zone, $9/day is nothing.

If you are a white collar worker in NYC, why are you driving in at all? NYC is much better set up for commuters with tons of trains from CT/NY surrounding areas and northern NJ. I grew up in a CT suburb of NYC with tons of commuters. I still have friends in CT and NJ who commute to the city. Nobody drives in.

The people who drive in from NJ, Long Island, the enclaves in Brooklyn or Bronx and putter around the city in their car. When you have to pay 9 bucks, people who loiter around in their vehicles stay away.

Never knew anyone to do this. I spent a lot of time in CT, NJ, LI suburbs of NYC growing up. I went into NYC a lot, had friends that work there and still have friends that work there; I still visit NYC a lot but will intentionally park at a metro station in NJ (or family's house) and train in. I don't know of anyone who drives into the city. It is one place where it is far easier to commute on public transportation than to deal with a car. And I lived in DC for a long time where I maintained a car because I did not live nor work convenient to a metro and still drive into DC because I still work here and my work is not near a metro stop. I think DC has a huge barrier to getting more people into public transportation due to its poor infrastructure for public transportation outside of the center of the city.

But NYC? Totally different.

I lived in the Village, Soho, and Chelsea. The city is chalk full of B&T drivers who want to "come into the city" for drinks, a meal, or shopping and don't want to take mass transit. Young guys from Bay Ridge with their parents' car and not a ton of money joy riding around on weekend evenings. Uber drivers who come in and wait for certain rush hour fares, but otherwise loiter with their vehicle between shifts.

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Who put out the pic of trump as long? The White House?

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The freaking White House is declaring him king. It's time to impeach. Past time.

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Anonymous wrote:How does the federal government have any say here? These are all local roads in Manhattan. They aren’t interstate highways.

Read the lawsuit linked above. The MTA entered into agreement with Federal Highway Administration to toll the bridges and tunnels (which are federal roadways)

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Anonymous wrote:Who put out the pic of trump as long? The White House?

Auto-correct don’t even want to write “king”. The question above was suppose to ask what account put out that photo with trump as king- in a king’s crown?

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Anonymous wrote:Look you can agree or disagree with him (personally disagree as most people commute via plentiful train services from the burbs; I grew up in a NYC suburb). However, from a GOP perspective, shouldn't tolls be left as a state issue without federal tampering? This just looks like petty overreach.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/nyregion/trump-congestion-pricing-nyc.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250219&instance_id=147935&nl=from-the-times®i_id=64963071&segment_id=191410&user_id=90d3e0bd760b3d1fe08b44f9adde894c

Yeah, whatever happened to states rights??

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Anonymous wrote:How does the federal government have any say here? These are all local roads in Manhattan. They aren’t interstate highways.

Read the lawsuit linked above. The MTA entered into agreement with Federal Highway Administration to toll the bridges and tunnels (which are federal roadways)

I see. So Trump is just breaching the contract. How typical of him.

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Anonymous wrote:How does the federal government have any say here? These are all local roads in Manhattan. They aren’t interstate highways.

Read the lawsuit linked above. The MTA entered into agreement with Federal Highway Administration to toll the bridges and tunnels (which are federal roadways)

Sure shut down the bridges and tunnels to NY city. That will be a good move. Really help the economy.

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People in new york are so happy. Win for the little guy!

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Anonymous wrote:What authority does he have to do this? This is a local issue. It’s like the speed limit issue back in the 70’s.

You mean when the Federal Government made a 55 mph speed limit mandatory? States were forced to comply.

You look foolish when you don’t understand how it works.

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Anonymous wrote:How does the federal government have any say here? These are all local roads in Manhattan. They aren’t interstate highways.

Read the lawsuit linked above. The MTA entered into agreement with Federal Highway Administration to toll the bridges and tunnels (which are federal roadways)

I guess they could just move the toll readers to the first surface street that is not a highway and jack the toll up to cover the wasted cost. Not sure what that gets but an obvious plan B…

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Anonymous wrote:People in new york are so happy. Win for the little guy!

You don’t know a soul in New York.